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World-class digital learning, accessible to every learner in Africa. Your EdTech apps and data, under your control
What is RESPECT?
RESPECT is an open source digital library for EdTech apps. It makes it easier for educators to discover and use high-quality apps with a single account in all settings, while giving developers the platform they need to grow their impact globally. RESPECT uses strong interoperable technical standards that ensure data sovereignty, and enables open source and proprietary developers alike to monetise
Team RESPECT hosted the 2030 Countdown, zooming in on the Continental Policy to Classroom Impact session and unpacking Africa’s EdTech 2030 Vision.
This vision is born from African expertise and endorsed continentally, crafted to support and provide opportunities for every learner regardless of location, language, or connectivity. It provides a blueprint for learners to access world-class digital learning tools, built by Africans for Africans.
Speaking during the session, Barbara Glover, Programme Officer, African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), emphasised: “Education technology cannot be developed in isolation from the realities of African learners and teachers. By grounding innovation in local contexts, supporting educators, and working closely with governments and partners, we can ensure that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, has access to quality learning opportunities and the tools they need to thrive.”
The session brought together policymakers and practitioners to ask deliberating on what is working, what is not, and what must change.
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🚀 We are live at eLearning Africa!
Team RESPECT had an energetic Day 1.
Acknowledging that Africa’s time is now, RESPECT is built for this moment, for Africa’s current realities. If you are a partner, policymaker, or innovator committed to transforming African learning systems, we want to meet you face-to-face.
You are welcome to the The 2030 Countdown: From Continental Policy to Classroom Impact session where John Kimotho, Barbara Glover, Joshua Valeta and Smile Dzisi will be speaking about The African EdTech 2030 Vision and Plan, built to deliver the EdTech promise to millions of African learners.
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We’re having an awesome time at , connecting with the innovators transforming Africa’s learning systems.
Come and join us!
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🚀 Team RESPECT is at . Here’s a recap of our Day 1 interactions. Thank you everyone that took time to engage with us!
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05/28/2026
Are you keen to join a conversation on a unified African Digital Public Infrastructure? Join us at eLearning Africa 2026, Accra, Ghana, on 3-5 June.
As conversations around EdTech continue to evolve, it's clear that sustainable impact requires more than digital tools alone. It requires connected systems, empowered teachers, interoperable infrastructure, strong partnerships, and a continued focus on foundational learning.
At RESPECT™, we believe the future of education lies in building systems that are scalable and designed to work in low-resource contexts.
We look forward to contributing to these important conversations at
05/27/2026
Team RESPECT™, the main event partner, is excited to join thousands of other delegates at eLearning Africa this June to help shape the future of education!
RESPECT™ will be hosting both the Africa DPI for Education session and the Policy to Classroom session, making the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD vision and plan actionable in classrooms.
As an emerging Digital Public Infrastructure for Education (DPI-Ed), RESPECT™ aims to engage with you and to showcase our role in bridging gaps in Africa’s EdTech landscape.
We look forward to connecting with you!
Send us a DM to organise a meeting or find us on the ground!
05/13/2026
We have a new edition of Byte-Sized Africa up!
This month, we feature Lilian Mutegi, a trailblazing EdTech founder!
Lilian Mutegi is the founder of Uptyke Education (Digital Publishers). Inspired by a young girl named Kendi, a bright Grade 3 learner with a visual impairment, Lilian developed Uptyke for learners who are often overlooked, children with disabilities, including learners with visual impairments, deaf learners, and learners with neurodivergent conditions.
She describes Uptyke Education (Digital Publishers) as simple and human!
👇Get some insights from Lilian on what it means to build for classroom realities!
If you know someone we could feature in our Byte-Sized Africa Series, DM or tag them in the comments section.
04/15/2026
We have a new edition of Byte-Sized Africa up!
This month, we feature a leading voice in the space!
Edgar Kasenene is a co-founder and chief customer officer of Idex Africa. He has worked with over 40 leading multinationals in 8 African countries, helping them be more experience, value and impact focused. Edgar has elevated the organization's operating model and philosophy to respond with greater speed and scale in an increasingly decentralized and democratized world.
👇Get some insights from Edgar Kasenene on MNOs' role in Africa’s EdTech growth below!
If you know someone we could feature in our Byte-Sized Africa Series, DM us or Tag them in the comments section.👇
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Africa has no shortage of educational innovation. What it has lacked is the infrastructure to make that innovation last.
RESPECT™ changes that. Built as a Digital Public Infrastructure for Education, it gives Africa's EdTech ecosystem something it has never had before: a free, open, and sustainable foundation that puts learners, educators, and developers first.
This moment feels especially significant alongside the launch of African Union Development Agency-NEPAD's Africa EdTech 2030 Vision & Plan in Addis Ababa earlier this year. For the first time, Africa has a continent-scale blueprint, one that tackles the policy, technology, and data barriers that have prevented great EdTech from crossing borders and reaching every learner. It is a plan built for African realities, grounded in decades of AU frameworks, and designed to shift the continent from isolated pilots to lasting, scalable impact.
RESPECT is proud to be part of bringing that vision to life.
Watch the video below. 👇
02/19/2026
Team RESPECT™ was honoured to welcome the vice principal and students from Grade 8 from Saint Joseph School, Ethiopia, during week in Addis Ababa. It was powerful to see students engaging with the RESPECT App in real time.
What mattered most were the voices of the teachers and students using RESPECT. Their reflections were clear: RESPECT is easy to use, interactive, and makes learning fun!
Alemu Asfaw, vice principal of Saint Joseph School, noted that “RESPECT bridges traditional methods and curriculum expectations to better prepare students for a 21st-century world, which reinforced why this work matters."
Thank you to the students from Saint Joseph School, Ethiopia and their teachers, Alemu Asfaw (vice principal) and Essayas Dessalegn (PTA chair), for sharing their experience with us.
Disclaimer: All photos featuring children are shared with full parental and school consent. Images of students’ work are shared for educational purposes to illustrate their experience using the RESPECT app.
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