Built in Africa: Via Afrika wants to use technology to educate the continent

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are affecting the continent and empowering African people.

About 12 years ago, I made my final trek through the dreaded world of high school, I crammed everything I possibly could, retaining what my brain would allow in order to cement my future and ticking off that box in my education journey. High school only seems easy when you have left.

The education system in Africa isn’t where it ought to be. If we are being honest, the education system in most parts of the world really isn’t where it should be. South Africa especially suffers from lack of infrastructure in certain areas, where text books and other learning aids are not available to students. In this the fourth instalment of our “Built in Africa” series, we feature a company hoping to use technology to revolutionise education in South Africa and change the way students learn — Via Afrika.

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