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Ugochukwu Chukwujiaka sat down with Mary Burns, the senior technology and development expert at Education Development Center. She has over two decades of experience in education as a specialist in teacher professional development, online learning, instruction, curriculum development, and educational technology. We discussed the findings from the MasterCard foundation research which she led with Mohammad from the University of Mauritius that focused on the policy environment for ICTs in sub-Saharan Africa, their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. 

Mary shared the first set of questions the private sector, policymakers should ask when making a decision on education technology, the revolution of education technology, and a range of other key insights on education technology.

Dr. Jyrki Pulkkinen, the Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon and ECOWAS sat down with Ugochukwu Chukwujiaka to discuss the Finnish Education Evolution, the roles he played in education technology when he was the head of the research unit for Educational Technology at the University of Oulu. 

Michael Horn, Head of Strategy at the Entangled Group, Co-founder of the Clay Christensen Institute and Co-author of the book, Choosing College. Ugochukwu Chukwujiaka had a chat with Michael on what disruption in higher education means for Developing Nations.

Heather Beem, the CEO and founder of Practical Education Network (PEN) sat down with Ugochukwu Chukwujiaka to discuss STEM teacher training and how PEN is changing the narrative of teacher training programs in STEM.

I sat down with James Tooley, professor of education entrepreneurship and policy at the University of Buckingham, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Omega Schools. We had an insightful conversation on low-cost private schools; exploring the current design, methodology, results and policy recommendation for low-cost private schools.