distributed capacity building in africa

In Collaboration with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) & the Resilience Africa Network

 

Background 

USAID awarded $22 million, as a part of their Higher Education Solutions Network, to create four Resilience Innovation Labs in four different parts of the African continent: South (South Africa), East (Uganda), Horn of Africa (Ethiopia), and West (Ghana). The goal is to create resilient solutions and bring innovation to large, complex issues in the African region. 

 

Intent 

The project's aim is to help generate cross-cutting programs centered around the development of digital platforms. The idea is for these platforms to deliver scaled solutions, provide education and the skills needed for employment opportunities, strengthen local governance; and to enable indigenous communities to create their own solutions addressing pervasive challenges, such as aids and drought. 

 

Impact Goals 

This project seeks to reframe the ways in which digital platforms can be used for education, access to resources, entrepreneurship, and access to employment opportunities. As such, this can be an important intervention for Africa's future. 

 

Approach 

A team has been tasked with creating a large scale strategy that can leverage digital and mobile connectivity to create the right combination of capacity and educational platforms for highly distributed rural communities. There is a special focus on serving countries with urban areas that are left under-served, such as Uganda.