The Summit will be based around dedicated pre-scheduled meetings among the private sector, ministers, and educationalists from the fifteen member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) plus Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. It will focus on key areas for establishing partnerships and procurement between the ministries of education and the private sector.

"It is essential to deliver investment in ICT for education through strong partnerships with international and local technology leaders", Senator David Coltart, Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture states. -œIt is essential to deliver investment in ICT for education through strong partnerships with international and local technology leaders.

This summit represents the ideal opportunity for business and government to enter into bilateral discussions for

• eLearning and m-learning;
• improving connectivity and capacity;
• developing digital content and storage;
• electronic publishing;
• strengthening pedagogical programs for science and mathematics teaching; and
• building long-term public-private partnerships for education.

Coltart continues, "With this in mind and our strong commitment to this summit, we encourage the participation of companies and organisations that wish to benefit from this opportunity to engage with ministerial officials from the Southern African countries all under one roof."

AfricanBrains recently organised and completed The African Education Summit 2011 in Morocco, which represented the start of a long-term commitment to bring the public sector and educational institutions together with private and corporate-sector operators and investors.