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EXAF is an EPFL research centre whose DNA is digital and excellence in research, training and innovation across an entire continent: Africa.

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Digital Education: a priority for universities throughout Africa

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As part of the joint initiative of EPFL and UM6P, forty-four universities from 19 African countries, representing all the subregions of the continent, applied for the creation of Centres of Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE). The interest and institutional commitment of these universities emphasise the importance of integrating or strengthening digital education in their teaching processes.

EPFL and UM6P join efforts to transform digital education in Africa

17.07.20NewsEPFL

EPFL and UM6P joined forces to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on tertiary education in Africa and prepare for ‘the new normal’. Under the ‘Excellence in Africa’ initiative, they provided free digital education resources and training in online pedagogy to university professors from 34 institutions based in 12 countries. This emergency-driven initiative is a precursor for the Digital Education pillar of Excellence in Africa.

Excellence in Africa: launch of the programme "Digital Education"

30.06.20NewsEducation

With around half its population under 20 years old and the increasing use of electronic devices, Africa is ideally poised to benefit from the emergence of digital education and to rapidly scale up access to quality education to talented and motivated students.

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Excellence in Africa’s Project

Excellence in Africa is a new initiative jointly launched by EPFL and UM6P (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University – Morocco) which aims to have a significant impact on excellent scientific research throughout the African continent.

Our projects

Our projects

Many projects are underway in the fields of research and education at the EPFL, but all come together under the banner of excellence and the digital transformation of the African continent.

Partners across the continent

Partners across the continent

Institutional partnerships between the EPFL and numerous African universities are underway, but also with major donors such as the Swiss Confederation and foundations active in the fields of education and research in Africa.

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