Nonku Nyathi, Senior Partnerships and Ecosystem Lead at Injini , unpacks the most arduous second-order barriers and why understanding the complexity of successfully integrating EdTech is a key ingredient. Its about more than computers and coding its about human psychology and the lived realities of communities where education isnt always a priority.
Imagine transforming every classroom across Africa with cutting-edge tablets, lightning-fast internet, and world-class educational software. The hardware arrives, the connections go live, and the software is deployed seamlessly.
Yet six months later, learning outcomes show only marginal improvement. Not because the technology isnt brilliant it is. Not because teachers and students dont want better outcomes they desperately do. The gap lies elsewhere, in what were seeing as the missing ingredients of successful EdTech implementation.