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Investing in community-led innovation: AKF launches Human-Centred Design coaching course in East Africa

News, Stories8 August 2023

I vividly remember my visit to Smart Girls’ Centre, a civil society organisation (CSO) in Kampala, Uganda, focused on skilling and upskilling girls in non-traditional trades. There I saw CEO Jamila Mayanja working with eight learners to design solar-light school…

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How schools will lead the way – Schools2030’s Human-Centred Design Toolkit launched in ten countries

News25 July 2021

A significant milestone was recently reached in the emerging Schools2030 story – the teams have launched the Schools2030 Human-Centred Design (HCD) Toolkit in their respective geographies. The Schools2030 programme began in 2019 with the aim of supporting schools to search…

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Accelerate Impact – AKF’s new global initiative to design better programmes

Stories21 April 2021

The context for a new design-driven innovation ecosystem Today, the global development landscape is facing unprecedented change. Climate change, conflict, urbanisation, automation, artificial intelligence, and environmental degradation are all having a massive impact on the complexity of the challenges communities…

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Inclusive solutions for inclusive education

Stories19 April 2021

In August 2020, Kiswa Primary School – one of the largest government-aided schools in Uganda’s capital – joined the Schools2030 programme to begin their Human-Centred Design (HCD) journey, led by a team of six teachers. They wanted to identify some…

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First innovations emerge from Schools2030 workshop

News11 November 2020

After twelve weeks of consultation, collaboration and creativity, the Schools2030 country teams assembled once more in their home offices to pitch their ideas in response to the question: How might we support children’s learning during COVID-19? In April 2020, when…

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Using Human-Centred Design to address educational challenges – video interview

Opinion28 July 2020

In 2019, working alongside a variety of government and foundation partners, the Aga Khan Foundation launched a large-scale, multi-country educational research initiative called Schools2030. Its vision is simple – to improve education equity and quality for all.   To be conducted…

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Designing new solutions to support children’s learning during COVID-19

News11 May 2020

The Aga Khan Foundation took its Human-Centred Design (HCD) workshops online in a bid to develop education solutions to the challenges presented by COVID-19 in developing world contexts. In 15 minutes, 35 participants from 10 countries, representing 25 nationalities generated…

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