Stakeholders mull summit to transform Africa’s higher education landscape

By Pune Media On May 20, 2025

Major stakeholders, including policymakers, academics, industry leaders and edtech organisations, are to convene a summit aimed at transforming Africa’s higher education landscape through digital innovation.

Packaged by a leading education technology organisation, Argyle IT & Education, the event will be held between June 19 and 20 to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies that would redefine teaching, learning, and research across the continent.

Speaking at a virtual press conference, Chief Operating Officer of Argyle IT & Education, Solikume Joel, explained that the programme is to gather thoughts from experts on how to promote huge investment in Africa’s higher education space, as well as to address critical issues like funding challenges, and technology that can help the institutions to perform well.

He said: “DHEA was born out of a shared need we identified in the education sector through our work at Argyle IT & Education, a career-focused education technology company committed to transforming how education is delivered and careers are shaped in Nigeria and across Africa. We saw a gap in conversations around the real challenges facing education, and a need to spotlight what’s working while growing the digital higher education space.”

On prioritising higher education and its impact on the nation’s socio-economic development, Chief Executive Officer of Argyle IT & Education, Opeyemi Ibukun, stressed that higher education is a critical driver of innovation and economic growth of any nation, pointing out that one of the key achievements of developing countries is their strong investment in higher education, with over 60 per cent of their population enrolled in tertiary institutions, significantly higher than the less than 30 per cent enrollment rate seen in other regions.

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