What does it take to transform the lives of thousands of girls, one educational opportunity at a time? Join us as we commemorate 10 remarkable years of Girls Education Initiative Ghana's journey of transformation, empowerment, and change. In this episode, Kwame Speaks with Elizabeth Akua-Nyarko Patterson, the Founder and executive director of the GEIG. Driven by her life experiences and research, Elizabeth set out to champion a drive for quality and inclusive girls' education; creating an enviro...
Jun 23, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 34
In this episode, Kwame speaks with Sarah Osei, the West African Regional Lead at Instill Education, a leading teacher CPD service provider dedicated to transforming education in Africa. Sarah shares her expertise and passion for improving educational outcomes in Africa, highlighting innovative programs and initiatives that Instill Education is implementing to empower teachers and students all around the continent. From leveraging technology to fostering a culture of lifelong learning, we delve i...
Jun 09, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 33
In this Episode, Senyo speaks with Dr Mathero Michelle Nkalamba, a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Malawi, and a dedicated advocate for mental health in education, on the critical issue of mental well-being in schools in Africa. Michelle shares valuable insights and personal experiences, shedding light on the unique challenges faced in addressing mental health issues in the education sector. We discuss the cultural and societal factors that contribute to mental health issues, and inn...
May 26, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In this episode, Kwame speaks with the Vice President of Academic City University on the use of generative AI tools in schools and educational institutions.
May 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In this episode, Senyo speaks with Avril, a social development professional with over two decades of experience spanning education, maternal and child health, child protection, behavioral change communication, and volunteering for development. Avril, who is currently the Country Lead for the Jacobs Foundation in Ghana, discusses how community engagement and participation are crucial to improving school effectiveness. She makes a case for enabling community stakeholders to take responsibility for...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 31
In this epiosde, Kwame speaks with Adeola Adefemi, a truly inspiring teacher in a public senior high school in Agege (Nigeria) who has won multiple awards for her dedication and transformative practice. She is the recipient of the African Union Continental Teacher Price, a Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist, Best Teacher in Lagos State and National Best Teacher in Nigeria. Adeola highlights her journey into teaching, gives us a peek into her teaching strategies, shares moving stories of her de...
Feb 11, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode, you will hear the story of how a college student’s desire to build a library in rural Ghana led him and his friends on to start an organisation empowering over 500 young Ghanaians to be agents of systemic change in Ghana’s education system? Kwame speaks with Daniel Dotse, CEO and Co-Founder of Lead For Ghana. We dig deep into Daniel’s life experiences and how that shaped the his vision for Lead For Ghana. Lead For Ghana (LFG) is dedicated to cultivating a new generation of ethic...
Jan 28, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 28
In this episode, we speak with Joel Abaka Anaman from Ghana on the role of school in preparing learners with the mindset and skills they need to thrive in their chosen careers.
Dec 09, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this episode, Senyo speak with Oluwakemi from Nigeria on using technology to unlock learning for young people in Nigeria.
Nov 26, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 26
In this episode, Kwame speaks to Elizabeth, a Nigerian edtech entrepreneur leveraging technology to provide culturally relevant education to children in their local language, from numeracy to literacy to fashion. Her company, Zenafri, has developed a series of mobile apps that teach toddlers and young children basic numeracy and literacy in their language, and narrate original stories based on traditional African folklore, among others. Elizabeth has won several awards, including the Commonwealt...
Nov 13, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Senyo speaks with Kofi Asare from the Africa Education Watch in this episode. Kofi draws from existing evidence across African countries to share insightful perspectives on policy and practice issues that influence the enrolment, retention, achievement and transition of boys and girls in basic education. He proposes recommendations for positioning education systems in Africa to be gender-responsive in planning and delivering education, also sharing efforts that Africa Education Watch is making t...
Nov 05, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 24
In this episode, Anna speaks with Nana Ama, Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Think Education. Think Education designs and implement a holistic school improvement and advisory program that supports weak low-cost private schools to develop robust and context-based administrative and management systems that improve their schools’ resilience and ability to provide quality education. Nana Ama describes the low fee education landscape and their contribution to improving access and quality of educati...
Oct 29, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In this episode, Kwame speaks with Brian Baptista, Special Advisor to the Executive Director of CAFOR. Based in Ethiopia, the Coalition on Media and Education for Development Africa Forum (CAFOR) is a non-profit under the African Union. It comprises of various organisations, experts and individuals who are committed to ensuring that education systems in Africa are relevant to young Africans. Brian shares key flagship projects that CAFOR runs across Africa, including the Africa Digital Library, t...
Oct 22, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In episode 21, Senyo speaks with Dr. Ellen Abakah, lecturer and researcher at the Department of Adult Education and Human Resources Studies at the University of Ghana. Ellen reflects on teacher professional development policy and practice in Ghana, highlighting major debates and key recommendations for accelerating teachers' learning.
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 21
In episode 20, Anna speaks to Charles, Partnerships and Uganda Country Lead at Inspiring Teachers. Inspiring Teachers is an award-winning innovative nonprofit strengthening support for teachers in low-resource contexts. Charles reflects on the perception of teachers, major debates on teacher motivation, shares the works of Inspiring Teachers and highlights strategies for supporting teachers to stay motivated and excel.
Oct 08, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In epsiode 19, Kwame speaks to Nyagaki from Kenya on how Team4Tech creates and support an ecosystem of tech innovations in Africa. Team4Tech is a nonprofit impact accelerator bridging the digital equity gap in education to create inclusion and opportunities for learners in under-resourced communities around the world. Nyagaki is the Regional Hub Coordinator for sub-Saharan Africa at Team4Tech. Check out Taam4Tech at https://team4tech.org
Oct 02, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In this episode, Senyo speaks to Stephen Opuni, Country Director for the IDP Foundation in Ghana. Stephen shares the work of the Foundation in supporting low-cost private schools and championing research and advocacy to scale effective learning interventions.
Sep 17, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 18
In this episode, Anna interviews Clemence, an enthusiastic English Language Teacher in an International School in the capital of Ghana. Clemence shares his views on teaching and learning and reflects on the challenges of teaching in multicultural contexts and some effective strategies he has employed to meet his pupils' diverse needs.
Aug 28, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 17
In this episode, co-host Kwame and Senyo Jiagge, co-founder and CEO of QKnow EdTech reflect on how technology is shaping teaching and learning in Ghana and Africa. Senyo also tells us about his EdTech product, QKnow, which provides high quality educational content in the form of notes, articles, interactive quizzes, videos, and Learning Boxes to power personalised learning for young people in and out of school.
Aug 20, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 16
In this episode, Senyo speaks with Robin Todd, Executive Director of T-TEL in Ghana on the organisation's efforts to reform education in Ghana, starting from pre-service teacher education reform to the secondary education reform, school leadership, among others. Robin shares insightful reflections on education reform in Ghana that you will find refreshing!
Aug 05, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In episode 14, Anna speaks with Regan, an experienced high school mathematics teacher who shares strategies and tools he uses to make the teaching of mathematics practical and relatable for his students, allowing them to gain confidence with Mathematics and excel.
Jul 16, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 14
In this episode, co-host Kwame speaks to Kayode, founder of Schoolinka about how technology is shaping teaching and learning in Africa. Kayode shares about how Schoolinka is leveraging technology to equip teachers, uplift schools and support parents.
Jul 09, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 13
In this episode, our lead host Senyo speaks with David from Lively Minds on their innovative early childhood development programme running in Ghana and Uganda. Lively Minds’ innovative programme is now running in over 2,200 communities, empowering over 65,000 rural parents and over 5,000 teachers to foster children’s cognitive and social skills while promoting hygiene and nutrition, among others. The programme has so far reached over 260,000 pupils in Ghana and Uganda. Listen to find out more ab...
Jun 25, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, Anna speaks with Elizabeth Patterson, founder of the Girls Education Initiative of Ghana, on the challenges of girls education and the work of GEIG in empowering girls with academic and financial support to be successful. Through a range of in-person and virtual leadership development and support programmes like the Tertiary Scholars Program, Teenage Girls Empowerment Program, and Read to Grow, the GEIG team has benefited over 20,000 children between the ages of 8 to 15 years.
Jun 10, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In this episode, Kwame talks to Kabiru Seidu, Co-Founder of Nubian VR on an education solution that leverages technology to create immersion learning experiences accessible to pupils.
May 28, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 10
In this episode, Senyo the Lead Host introduces two new individuals working in education, Anna and Kwame. We learn about their backgrounds and interests and welcome them to Let’s Talk Education Africa podcast as co-hosts.
May 14, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this episode, we discuss corporal punishment in schools with Robert Omwa from Kenya. Robert is a certified positive discipline coach and teacher. He was caned in school by his teachers and used to cane his pupils as a teacher, until something happened! He now advocates for an end to corporal punishment in schools in Africa, reaching over 10,000 teachers with his message and training and receiving a state award (Head of School Commendation) from former president Uhuru Kenyatta for his advocacy...
May 10, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, we interview Kenneth Gyamerah, a doctoral candidate at the Queens University in Canada on his PhD research. Kenneth has been selected among Canada’s 24 Most Exceptional PhD. scholars under the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). He was a Chevening Scholar at the University of Bristol in the UK, graduating with a distinction in MSc Education Policy and International Development. Kenneth is the research coordinator at the Toronto District School Board and has been a ...
May 08, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, our lead host, Senyo, continues the conversation with the 2022 National Best Teacher in Ghana. She shares the most rewarding moments in her career, her work as a teacher, her views on teacher involvement in education policy-making, and her recommendations for improving education outcomes. Please listen to part 1 of the interview in the previous episode.Find Stella's books here and follow Stella Gyimaah Larbi on LinkedIn. Follow the Let's Talk Education Africa podcast on LinkedIn...
Apr 21, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, our lead host Senyo, speaks with Stella Gyimaah Larbi an English Teacher in a suburban public school in Ghana. Stella was recently awarded the Ghana Teacher Prize for her excellent teaching and dedication to improving all aspects of schooling. She speaks about why she went into teaching, teachers who have had an impact on her, some projects she had led, etc. while sharing her views on education in Ghana. Do listen to the part 2 of this conversation in the next episode.
Apr 21, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5
