Tamara Mafilika Tamara.mafilika@inl.co.za EDUCATION has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms.
In South Africa’s unequal society, all the tech innovation in the world can’t help millions of South Africans, many of them children and youth, who cannot afford the latest laptops and reliable internet connection that they need to pivot effectively to online school, or progress in their tertiary education and early career development.
This had led to The Knowledge Trust’s recent announcement, that it will be hosting the world’s first Education and Career Expo event, entirely on the WhatsApp platform.
“We quickly realised that we had to connect with, and deliver to, our members through platforms they can afford and that they are able to use every day,”…