In one of the plenary sessions at Online Educa Berlin eLearning Africa was mentioned. It immediately got my full attention, as I am really interesting to know what it being done in the filed of training with ICT in African Countries.In the past I collaborated with Mozambique and really loved the experience. People are quite keen on technologies, despite the fact that broadband is still not a given and technologies is extremely expensive, and scarcer, when compared with the western countries. Still I think African cultures have something we have been losing – they are still quite community focus and are still mainly an oral culture, where story telling and conversation based learning still plays a ery strong role in the individuals’ lives. In this sense, I think we have a lot to learn from them.
After the plenary session, I went to look for the Elearning Africa speaker. I also found out that Senegal is a leading country in Africa when it comes to use ICT in education. There was no way I was going to let this chance escape. This called for a Flip interview! 
And so, later that afternoon I set mind to go and meet Dr Mor Seck. I thought they would never let me talk to him, but that at least he would send someone to talk to me. When I got to the Senegal stand, Dr Mor Seck himself was there, and kindly accepted to talk a little bit about the Elearning Africa conference which will take place this coming May in Senegal. The call for papers is out and if you have a chance do submit something, go for it!!! You will learn so much with these people. Their enthusiasm is just contagious. If you don’t believe me, just watch the video below. That’s just a glimpse to the whole story, of course!
More info about the conference can be accessed here.
If you can’t see the video, please link here
Cristina Costa