Shem Bodo

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

📬 The ADEA May 2026 Newsletter is live!

This edition is heavy on our school leadership activities; including our recent research grantees: $865K in research grants — 39 grantees, 14 countries.

Plus Ministers commit to school leadership

Read: https://t.co/TAepyLUPWf
#FLEX2026

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

🚨 @ACSLAfrica commits $865,000 to school leadership research — 39 grantees, 14 African countries.

The largest known dedicated investment in school leadership research on the continent.
Africa-led. Policy-connected. Built to last.

Full announcement 👉 https://t.co/rmS97WJCY0

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

🇸🇱 This Wednesday, the Government of #SierraLeone/@MOBSSE_SL & @GoogleDeepMind present a landmark study on AI & mathematics learning outcomes — at an exclusive breakfast meeting at @Google's London office during @TheEWF.

#AIinEducation #FoundationalLearning #EdTech #Education

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

@ACSLAfrica team just completed 2 days, hands-on training on our new Moodle LMS — built with @EduTabAfrica. A blended learning platform for school leaders, policymakers & PD providers across Africa is coming. Watch this space.
🌍#SchoolLeadership #BlendedLearning #AfricaEducation

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

ADEA Snr. Prog. Officer @BodoShem is in New Delhi this week for the South-South Learning Symposium — a focused, 3-day exchange convening senior education leaders from across the Global South to share knowledge & experience on large-scale school education reforms.

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

🚨 Registrations are now OPEN for #FLEX2026 — Africa's premier foundational learning summit.

📅 15–17 July 2026 📍 Lilongwe, Malawi 🎯 From Commitments to Results

500 delegates. 37 countries. One agenda: delivering FL at scale.

Register now 👉 https://t.co/iFAcSx5I9N

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

Congratulations to Dr. Samira Agoro @Mira_Lys, 2026 laureate of the Rebecca H. Rhodes African Inclusive Literacy Research Prize, presented by ADEA & @cies_us.

Her participatory action research on literacy for deaf & hard-of-hearing children in Togo's mainstream classrooms....

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

Earlier today at the 10th edition of the quarterly Africa #FoundationalLearning Ministerial Coalition meeting;

@obyezeksspeaks⁩ of ⁦@humcapafrica⁩ helping to set the stage for the forthcoming #FLEX2026! #MinisterialCoalition

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

The 10th Africa FL Ministerial Coalition meeting wrapped today — chaired by Minister @ConradOSackey 🇸🇱, with Minister @Siviwe_G 🇿🇦 announcing foundational learning is now in the G20 Leaders Declaration.

Excited to see the energy in the room!

#FoundationalLearning #LearnAfrica

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

For the first time ever, the 2026 #YidanPrizeConference will be hosted in Africa — home to the world’s youngest, fastest-growing population & a hub for education innovation.

This year’s conference, co-convened by ADEA & @OngAred

Sign up for updates on: https://t.co/0zTA9lBNas

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

📌 New AFLAI Technical Policy Note (2026): Reading Benchmarks That Work in Multilingual Classrooms

How did #SouthAfrica build early‑grade reading benchmarks across 11 languages, using data from 35,000+ learners—and turn them into tools for teaching, training, and monitoring?

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

🇹🇿 #Tanzania has entered the chat on data‑driven education.

Last week, @wizara_elimuTz & ADEA kicked off the Tanzania country implementation of the Education & Skills Data Challenge (ESDC) initiative in Morogoro—partnering with Eastern Africa Statistical Centre

#EducationData

[Young Africa Works - Mastercard Foundation @youngafricawks]

Today’s panel you will hear from leaders speaking about strengthening data driven decision making to inform better investments in our education across the continent:
-Frankline Mukuna, Director of Policy, State Department of TVET, Ministry of Education in Kenya @EduMinKenya

-Deborah Kimathi, Education Workforce Initiative and Systems Delivery Lead, Learning Generation Initiative

-Shem Bodo @BodoShem - Senior Programs Officer, Association for the Development of Education in Africa @ADEAnet

-Efua Gambrah Sampaney, Co-Founder & CTO, Craft Education, Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellow, Ghana

#YoungAfricaWorks #DataDriven #AfricaEducation #EdTechAfrica

[Young Africa Works - Mastercard Foundation @youngafricawks]

Shem Bodo @BodoShem “We say that without data we don't know where we are going. But we have to move from that saying to actually doing. That means that we need to get the first step of the data ecosystem right. And that means collecting the right data. We need to collect the right data. We need to collect the right data that is going to help us make decisions, the right decisions at all levels; policy, planning, monitoring, implementation, evaluation of how we are doing.”
#YoungAfricaWorks #EdTechMondays #AfricaEducation

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

@BodoShem is now live discussing data use and governance.

[Young Africa Works - Mastercard Foundation @youngafricawks]

So it starts from what are we trying to address and what are the solutions and how does evidence help with that solution? So that's the bridge that is so important, so that you don't have data being collected in one piece, decisions are being made in another piece. So that link is very important.”
#YoungAfricaWorks #EdTechMondays #DataDrivenReforms #AfricaEducation

[Young Africa Works - Mastercard Foundation @youngafricawks]

Shem Bodo @BodoShem “The data that we are collecting needs to link up with a challenge or an issue, an educational issue, in the case of education. So, we don't just want to collect data for the sake of it, because when we do that is when we find that we have the data, but we don't see the need for it @ADEAnet
#YoungAfricaWorks #EdTechMondays #DataDrivenReforms

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

🌍📚 It’s official!

🇲🇼 Malawi will host FLEX 2026 — the largest foundational learning convening in Africa

🗓️ 15–17 July 2026

FLEX convenes ministers, policymakers, researchers & partners to drive real progress in literacy & numeracy across Africa.

https://t.co/48DPOr1ssh

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

We call on governments & partners to walk the talk: from commitments → delivery, from learning → dignified livelihoods.

Read out solidarity message - https://t.co/eKPs2PazuF

#InternationalDayOfEducation #WalkingTheTalk #YouthInEducation #AfricaEducation

[ADEA @ADEAnet]

#InternationalDayofEducation 2026

Africa cannot end learning poverty or unlock its demographic dividend unless youth are placed at the centre of education reform—as co-creators, not just beneficiaries.

Today, @ADEA stands with Africa’s young people.

#WalkingTheTalk