Technology and African Education Democratization

N’Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba is Professor of African, African Diaspora, and Comparative/International Education at Cornell University’s (USA) Africana Studies and Research Center. She is currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and President of the Global Africa Comparative and International Education Society. She previously served as Director of Cornell’s Institute for African Development, President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies, and Chair of UNESCO’s MOST Scientific Advisory Committee. A Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, she has held numerous international academic positions and received multiple honors. Her scholarship focuses on higher education, ICT and education, gender equity, and knowledge production. Her recent edited/co-edited books include Re-visioning Education in Africa: Ubuntu-Inspired Education for Humanity (2018), Education and the Development of Human Capital: Outcomes for Equity and Governance in Africa (2020), uBuntu and Comparative Education and International Education for Peace (2022), AKWABA AFRICA: African Renaissance in the 21st Century (2024), Leveraging Social and Human Sciences for Crisis Response: Lessons from COVID-19 (2024). Assié-Lumumba’s degrees include a PhD in Comparative Education from the University of Chicago (USA).