The World Bank partnered with the Mastercard Foundation in 2022 to support countries in implementing EdTech policies or strategies to build resilient hybrid education systems and to develop skills for the digital economy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
With the US$15 million grant from the Mastercard Foundation, global public goods will be tested at the country level and will be scaled up by the World Bank country programs.
Forthcoming Global Public Goods:
ETRI/ ETRI-VET | World Bank's tool that collects and reports information on institutions’ and systems' readiness to use EdTech for hybrid/blended learning for resilience. |
DS4A Digital Skills for Africa (In partnership with UNESCO) | Set of tools to assess the supply and demand for digital skills, with a focus on Agrotech, post-secondary students, teachers, and healthcare workers. Mali, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia. |
Implementation Toolkits | Practical “How-to” kits for designing and implementing resilient education systems and developing relevant digital skills. Tools are piloted in supported countries. |
Youth Entrepreneurship | Skills frameworks, curriculum, tasks, methodology, and open learning systems to support youth entrepreneurs in addressing challenges, such as out of school youth. |
EdTech Policy Academy | Umbrella learning and training program designed to provide client country counterparts with opportunities to deepen knowledge and skills to design, implement and monitor educational technology policies and strategies. |
Technical support and capacity buidling:
Country grants for technical assistance linked to ongoing and future lending operations.
