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Ghana’s VP to lead over 1,000 delegates from 80+ countries at Africa’s premier digital education conference, exploring locally-led learning systems.
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, will officially open eLearning Africa 2026, taking place from 3–5 June 2026 at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra.
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eLearning Africa 2026 is the continent’s leading conference and exhibition on digital education, training, and skills development. The event will bring together more than 1,000 participants from over 80 countries, including ministers, deputy ministers, senior policymakers, education leaders, business executives, innovators, development organisations, investors, and practitioners.
High-Level Ministerial Round Table and 80+ Sessions
A central feature of eLearning Africa 2026 will be the high-level Ministerial Round Table, an invitation-only gathering of ministers and senior government representatives from across Africa.
The programme will also include more than 80 sessions, over 250 speakers, hands-on workshops and masterclasses, plenary sessions, debates, Learning Cafés, networking meetings, and an international exhibition showcasing education and training technologies from across Africa and beyond.
Theme: “Africa’s Time, Africa’s Terms”
Held under the theme “Africa’s Time, Africa’s Terms: Learning for Sovereignty, Strength and Solidarity,” this year’s edition will examine how African countries can build the capacity to design, govern, and scale digital learning systems that reflect local realities and priorities.
The opening of the conference by Ghana’s Vice President underlines the national and continental importance of digital education, skills development, and innovation at a time when African countries are working to strengthen education systems, expand access to digital learning, and prepare young people for changing labour markets.
A Leader with Deep Education Credentials
Professor Opoku-Agyemang brings extensive experience in education, leadership, and public service. She served as Ghana’s Minister for Education from 2013 to 2017 and was the first woman to hold the position of Vice Chancellor in Ghana, leading the University of Cape Coast from 2008 to 2012.
She has also served as Chancellor of the Women’s University in Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, and as President of the Forum for African Women Educationalists.
Her participation gives particular significance to this year’s discussions on sovereignty, skills, and Africa’s digital future.
Accra as a Symbolic Host City
As governments across the continent seek to expand digital learning, strengthen teacher capacity, improve workforce readiness, and address questions of inclusion, the conference will provide a platform for policy dialogue, practical exchange, and cross-border partnership building.
The choice of Accra as host city carries symbolic significance. Long regarded as a centre of Pan-African exchange and political thought, the city provides an appropriate setting for discussions about Africa’s role in shaping its own digital and educational future.
