Shafika Isaacs

Research Associate, LINK Centre

shafikai@telkomsa.net 

Shafika Isaacs is an independent e-learning consultant who has worked on initiatives with a wide range of international and South African organisations. She has collaborated with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, and South Africa's Department of Basic Education.

Isaacs was founding Executive Director of SchoolNet Africa, and has also served as: Education Director at Mindset Network; Partner Development Lead for Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Group in the Middle East and Africa; Programme Director of eLearning Africa; Senior Program Officer in South Africa for Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC); and Director of South Africa's Trade Union Research Project (TURP). She is presently a Trustee for the Lewis Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of Bridge, a Steering Committee member for Online Educa Berlin, and a member of the Advisory Board of the New Media Consortium Horizon K-12 Report. She has authored several reports and papers on use of technologies for education and human development in Africa, and served as Co-Editor of the The eLearning Africa 2012 Report and Editor of The eLearning Africa 2013 Report.