Rwanda Basic Education Board to Add Robotics Courses in National Curriculum
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Rwanda Basic Education Board to Add Robotics Courses in National Curriculum

Educational robotics is a method of teaching that helps kids and teenagers learn new abilities by using robots and electronic components. According to Diane Uwasenga Sengati, the acting head of the ICT in Education Department, the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) is thinking about adding educational robotics courses to the national curriculum. Educational robotics is…

South African School Kids Build World-class Robotics
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South African School Kids Build World-class Robotics

In a brand-new competition that focused on using robots to clean up the environment, South African youngsters demonstrated their robotics expertise. The robotics program at Reddam House Bedfordview is booming and incorporates both extracurricular and core curriculum activities. At the most recent Inspired Builds International Robotics Competition, the school won first place in three age…

South Africa is Planning to Add Robotics & Coding to School Curriculum
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South Africa is Planning to Add Robotics & Coding to School Curriculum

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has announced that robotics and coding will be added to the South African curriculum. According to the department’s recently released annual performance plan 2022/2023, full-scale implementation for Grades R through 3 and Grade 7 is planned for the academic year 2023. Robotics and coding will be piloted in other…

How Kalibotics is using robotics to improve edtech, agritech, e-waste management

How Kalibotics is using robotics to improve edtech, agritech, e-waste management

In 2018, two Nigerian siblings, Olugbenga Abejirin and Mayowa Abejirin, who have technical skills in programming and software development, with the former having over a decade of entrepreneurship experience, seized an opportunity to build and deploy smart classrooms in some Nigerian schools. The project was successful in its early stages until the pandemic struck in…

How Unmanned Drones Are Delivering Medical Supplies Across Botswana
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How Unmanned Drones Are Delivering Medical Supplies Across Botswana

Written by Luis Monzon A collaborative project in Botswana is getting essential and emergency healthcare products to remote communities quicker than ever before through leveraging unmanned drones. The Drones for Health project sees a partnership between the country’s Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), the United Nations Population…