Use of ICT to Promote Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

Literacy, accessibility, technology and digital education are central concerns of this article. The iconic theme is the use of ICT to promote literacy in the region of Sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, today more than ever, literacy remains a major challenge for such region. In view of the social environment and economic crisis, the future of the strategies of literacy dependent, among other things, on Sub-Saharan of significant investments in innovation and ICT, in order to consolidate the integration of programs literacy in the recent approaches based on ICT. Indeed, the development of mobile technology, the convergence of all media to digital media and the rapid development of the Internet have changed the portrait of the sector of literacy on Africa. An important point to remember is that this region faces an illiteracy to double facet, digital illiteracy at the same time classic illiteracy. However, the efficiency of the integration of ICT in literacy does not depend so much on technological advances but rather on the effective implementation of these programs to improve the Sub-Saharan populations’ daily lives. In fact, this study highlights good practices and also a set of constraints and challenges that continue to hamper the creation, implementation of literacy programs and activities, notably through the use of ICT in the Sub-Saharan African countries. At the same time, this study allows to locate a number of challenges and opportunities for the ICT and literacy in the region.