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Africa Teachers Webinar Series on Digital Skills and AI

Date and Time
February 26 2026 - April 23 2026
Time Zone
EAT
Location
Online
UNESCO IICBA

Join us for the 4th set of the Africa Teachers Webinar Series, “Improving Education in Africa: The Potential of Digital Skills and AI.” In this set, we will explore how digital technologies and artificial intelligence are being integrated into higher education for teacher preparation across several countries, examine e-learning opportunities for teachers’ continuous professional development, and discuss frameworks and standards for digital and AI competencies for educators.

🗓 Session Schedule (Eastern Africa Time, GMT+3)
📅 26 February 3:00-5:00 pm – Digitalization and AI in Higher Education: From Strategy to Practice
📅 26 March 3:00-5:00 pm – Leveraging e-Learning for Teacher Professional Development
📅 23 April 3:00-5:00 pm – Defining and Measuring Digital & AI Competencies

🎓 Participants who attend all three sessions in full will receive a digital certificate of participation.

👉 Register here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/xrSVw4kXRlG0OEjvnEUIJw

📺 Missed earlier sessions? Access recordings and resources from previous webinars here:
https://www.iicba.unesco.org/en/webinars-events

The series is co-sponsored by the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA), the African Union (AU), the European Union’s Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (EU-RTIA), and the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX), a joint endeavour with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The webinar series is organized by UNESCO IICBA, which leads the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub and is a partner in EU-RTIA.

The fourth set of webinars on Digital Skills and AI is supported in part by the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI) and UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE).