Education Africa is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization based in Minnesota,USA with the purpose of partnering with individuals in the diaspora as well as other nongovernmental entities to improve education of children and youth in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Education Africa recognizes that there are untapped resources of accomplished and successful Africans living in the diaspora who can team up with indigenous communities in Africa where they grew up to develop joint projects with the purpose of  improving access to quality education and learning outcomes for children and youth in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Our model of empowerment involves projects initiated by individuals or groups in the diaspora, identifying and partnering with authentic and competent entities in Africa, overseeing the cycles of the project, and instituting reviews and re-evaluating of projects for effectiveness, efficiency, and adherence to the mission of Education Africa.

We value partnerships and collaborative operations that encompass hand up rather than hand down principles, making recipients/participants vested in their own children’s education.

1. Instructional Materials
2. Need based Financial Student Support
3. Infrastructure Support
4. Knowledge/ Skills Sharing

Africa faces a “severe learning crisis” that undermines economic growth and the well-being of its citizens, according to a new World Bank study (2018). The region has made considerable progress in boosting primary and lower secondary school enrollment, but some 50 million children remain out of school, and most of those who attend school are not acquiring the basic skills necessary for success later in life.

It is alarming how low learning levels are across the region! Among second grade students assessed on numeracy tests in several Sub-Saharan African countries, three-quarters could not count beyond 80 and 40 percent could not do a one-digit addition problem. In reading, between 50 and 80 percent of children in second grade could not answer a single question based on a short passage they had read, and a large proportion could not read even a single word.  The present state of education in the region is unacceptable!

Dr. John Wathum-Ocama, a retired educator, President and one of the founding members of Education Africa who hails from Sub-Saharan Africa has first-hand information about the region. He observes that although his first classroom in rural Uganda more than 50 years ago was under a tree, he got better and quality education when compared to many children in schools today.

Dr. Wathum-Ocama and the other founding members of Education Africa believe that providing  access to high-quality education for children and youth across the region is an economic necessity, as well as a moral imperative. Young Africans can transform the region and create lasting economic change, but they need to be equipped with the skills and human capital to do so. Education Africa envisions a region where every child has access to quality education and learning outcomes are the envy of the world!