Kenya education players to participate in world schools summit in UAE

Kenya’s education sector stakeholders are among more than 1,000 leaders from the world’s top schools, policymakers, and technology companies expected to attend the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE, later this month. 

The summit, scheduled for November 15 to 16, 2025, at Yasmina British Academy, will bring together global experts to deliberate on the challenges facing the education sector and explore innovative solutions to accelerate its growth and contribution to economic development.

The Director of Girl Capital – Africa at Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Eunice Ogolo in a statement said, Africa requires the implementation of bold ideas towards the betterment of its education.

“To transform the lives of children and adolescents in Kenya and across Africa, we need bold ideas that will enable children not simply to survive, but to thrive in a rapidly changing world. That’s why we focus on systemic change, funding programmes that solve problems many might consider intractable,” Ogolo said.

The conference is projected to shed more light on how the education sector can survive and thrive in the midst of emerging shocks like climate change. 

Ogolo said the delegates in the summit will be expected to offer ideas on how to tackle greatest challenges, like low funding, linking the sector with labour market, insecurity and how to align global education sector with latest technology. 

 “That’s why we’re partnering on the World Schools Summit to bring together leaders from Africa and across the planet to tackle some of the greatest challenges in education and in turn, make a difference to the lives of children worldwide,” she added.

The Founder of T4 Education and the World Schools Summit Vikas Pota observed that with quarter of the century already gone, the world is at crossroads, thus requiring actors to take urgent action to halt runaway climate change, adapt as AI revolutionises our economies and promote peace in the face of destructive conflicts, and tackle the most enduring inequalities.

“A better world is possible, but only if leaders from across the planet, governments to businesses, NGOs, academia and tech, recognise that at the heart of all these crucial questions lies education. I am proud to be bringing these leaders together at the World Schools Summit, and I invite participants from Kenya and around the world to join us,” said Pota.

Caroline Mutepha, Director Microsoft Elevate said she looks forward to participating in the summit and sharing Microsoft’s vision for empowering educators and students through AI-driven tools, personalised learning, and skill-based pathways that build confidence and career readiness.