Artificial intelligence has revolutionized education and will continue to shape its future. As we celebrate the International Day of Education every 24th of January, it's crucial to recognize the growing influence of AI in learning systems. While AI-driven systems offer unprecedented opportunities, they also blur the lines between human intention and machine action. This calls for careful monitoring and intentional guidance to ensure that education not only embraces innovation but also preserves and elevates human agency in this rapidly evolving technological era. CSEA is pushing the conversations around the future of AI in education and its potential to bridge the gender gap and enhance educational equity in Africa. Read more on our research on EdTech’s landscape in Africa in a publication by Dr. Adedeji Adediran, Abdulfatai Adedeji, Emmanuel Nwosu, Emmanuel Nwugo, and Great Nnamani. The study examined the adoption of EdTech in primary and junior secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Public procurement plays a pivotal role in shaping the efficacy of public service delivery and fostering a conducive environment for inclusive growth in Nigeria. In this episode of the Research Table, our research and communications assistant, Great Nnamani, shares insights on Nigeria's public procurement processes, the challenges inherent in the system, and reforms that can help the country over them.

Read our publications on procurement:

Public procurement in Nigeria: How to reform the unreformable

Can we change the narrative on corruption in public procurement in Nigeria?

Development Gateway (DG) has partnered with CSEA for the second phase of the Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI). TCDI 2.0 aims to advance the work achieved in TCDI 1.0, which focused on improving tobacco control policies by providing governments, civil society, and academia of six African countries with country-specific data. To strengthen this partnership, Development Gateway organised a kick-off workshop in Lagos Nigeria.

The workshop enabled both teams to streamline their understanding and expectations of the program as well as provide some capacity building on the processes used in the first phase of the program, which will also be used on TCDI 2.0.

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Nigeria continues to miss its financial inclusion targets. Because of the numerous constraints surrounding the formal banking system, a significant proportion of the Nigerian population remains excluded from the formal financial sector.

This article emphasises the importance of strengthening mobile money as a means of driving financial inclusion in Nigeria. Read the full article here.

CSEA investigates the depths of the impacts of Covid-19 on Nigeria's poorest people.
Click here for more insights on our research on Covid-19.

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