Prakis 3rd International
Conference on Education Transformation in Africa.
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ABOUT PRAKIS – IEC
Prakis International Education Conference known as “Prakis IEC” seeks to address educational issues within the African continent by bringing all educational stakeholders and interested communities together under one roof to discuss, brainstorm and come up with positive outcomes that are implementable to restructure and redesign the African education curriculum. This is the second version of the conference which aims to focus more on infusing African indigenous knowledge, creativity, tourism, and entrepreneurship into our African curriculum; which will yield sustainable development for the continent.
It is a known fact that many African countries suffered colonialism and this had adverse effects on the continent, especially on education. Africa as a continent is made up of 54 countries and each of the countries’ education curricula is designed according to the western educational system without considering the needs and resources available in African countries.
"African education system in the 21st century for global advancement"
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2025
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Advocate Tseliso Thipanyane
Chairperson of Southern African Institute of Responsive Governance (SAIRG), and the former CEO of South African Human Rights Commission.
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Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle
The former Chief Justice of The Gambia
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Chief (Mrs) Anita Okuribido
President of women in Renewable Energy Association (WIRE – A).
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Dr. Ziphora Moichela
Former senior lecturer in the University of South Africa and the current Acting Deputy Chancellor, Revealed Word University.
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Hon. K. Quadri- Adu
African Union - Head of Culture & Tourism - Nigeria) and the President of Afro – Carribbean Chamber of Culture and Tourism (ACCCAT)
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Dr. Kenalemang Kgoroeadira (Mama Kena)
Indigenous knowledge systems expert and founder of Thojane organic farm.
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Dr. Celestin Ngirabakunzi
Co – founder of Revealed Word University
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Dr. (Mrs) Oyenike Babayemi Saulawa
Chairperson of Syils Services Limited (Management, Construction, Estate Planning, and management) as well as Syils Energy Nigeria Limited (Trading in oil and gas, New Technologies, and Green/ Sustainable/ Renewable Energy).
Chairperson, Syils Technology Nigeria Limited (Fintech, Tech Commerce, and Online marketing)
President Outcome Based Fund (OBF) a Non- Governmental Organization.
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Dr. D. Baker
Founder & Chancellor Revealed Word University
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Professor Dungji Joel
Revealed Word University - Vice Chancellor
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Ms. Lauretta Togonu - Bickersteth
Hospitality / travel consultant/coach, scrum master.
Founder of Tour for Queens and Ms B Hospitality
Kenneth Rasalabe Joseph Meshoe (born 18 January 1954) is a South African evangelist, politician, reverend and teacher. He has been serving as the inaugural leader of the African Christian Democratic Party, a Christian democratic political party, since 1993. He became a Member of Parliament in 1994 and has since been re-elected five times. He is one of the longest-serving MPs. Early life, education and career Meshoe was born on 18 January 1954 in Pretoria, South Africa. He matriculated from high school in 1972 and went on to study at the University of the North where he obtained a Secondary Teachers Diploma in 1975. He then proceeded to work as a teacher for the next few years. He and his wife, Lydia, joined the Christ For All Nations in 1976. In February 1980, he found employment as one of Reinhard Bonnke's associate evangelists. He completed his second-year Theological Diploma at the Shekinah Bible Institute in Kingsport in the US state of Tennessee in 1987. He established his church, the Hope of Glory Tabernacle, in 1988, when he returned to South Africa. In 1994, the Bethel Christian College of Riverside, California, awarded him an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Humane Letters). He was also appointed to serve as an Associate Member on the Board of Regents of Bethel CollegeMeshoe established the ACDP in December 1993. The party competed in the 1994 general elections and won two seats in the newly established National Assembly. Meshoe filled one of the seats. The party's support peaked in the 2004 general election when it won seven parliamentary seats and representation in six provincial legislatures. Meshoe was consequently re-elected as an MP. After the 2004 election, the ACDP started to decline in each election. The party managed to arrest the decline in the 2019 general election. Meshoe is currently serving his sixth term as an MP. He is a member of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation. Political positions Meshoe voted against the adoption of the final version of the South African constitution in 1996. He also opposes abortion. He voted against the legalisation of same-sex marriage in South Africa. Meshoe has voiced support for the previous DA mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Athol Trollip. He has also spoken out on the issue of farm murders. Meshoe has voiced support for the State of Israel, arguing against claims that Israel is an apartheid state, calling such accusations "slanderous" and "deceptive". According to Meshoe, these claims trivialise the word apartheid, and belittle the magnitude of the racism and suffering endured by non-white South Africans during the apartheid era.
Personal life Meshoe married Lydia Meshoe in 1976. They have three children. They renewed their vows in 2016. Lydia had previously served as a representative of the ACDP in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
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Prof: Joshua Valeta
Prof: Joshua Valeta on behalf of His Excellency President Lazaraus
Chakwera, the president of the Republic of Malawi and the Chairperson of SADC countries (2021).
Dr Joshua Valeta is the inaugural Director of Open, Distance and e-Learning in the Ministry of Education in Malawi. He is championing transformation of education through distance and e-learning education innovations. His work includes driving the setting up of policies and strategies for open and digital learning pathways for more equitably accessible and resilient education system, led by a change in paradigm shift in education philosophy. He carries 17 years of experience in education. He has a unique combination of science, leadership and education training and practice. He worked at USAID Malawi as the Senior Education Specialist after serving as the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Director for the USAID funded program called Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi Activity. Before that, he managed the skills development program funded by the World Bank at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), where he also served as Deputy Dean of Faculty of Natural Resources, and the inaugural ODL Director. He still holds an Associate Professor position there. He has attended numerous leadership and management, and ODeL trainings over the years, including at Harvard, and Oxford. He also holds a PhD in aquaculture technology from University of Malawi, and a Master of Science in Aquaculture from the University of Ghent, in Belgium. He is the current country representative to the Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA) for Malawi.
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His excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera
The president of the Republic of Malawi
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His Excellency (Dr.) Fortune Charumbira
The president of Pan African parliament
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HE (Mrs.) Stella Chiripo Ndau
The High Commissioner of Malawi to South Africa
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HE (Mr.) H.M Manta
The High Commissioner of Nigeria to South Africa
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Hon. Agnes NyaLonje
The Minister of Education in Malawi
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Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle
Former Chief Justice of the Gambia
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Hon.(Rev) Kenneth Meshoe
The president of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), and a member of theNational Assembly in RSA
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Dr.(Mrs) Oyenike Babayemi Saulawa
MD/CEO- Nikels Multi - Solutions and Chairperson, Sylis Group of companies & president of OBF (United Kingdom)
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Professor Dungji Joel
Deputy Vice Chancellor ( Administration) at Pathfinder University, Nigeria
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Queen Ndlunkulu Nosipho Mthembu - Elerimo
Queen Ndlunkulu Nosipho Mthembu - Elerimo is
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HRM Oba Muraina Adebanjo Adedini
His Royal Majesty Oba Muraina Adebanjo Adedini (Asoya of Isoya)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kenneth Rasalabe Joseph Meshoe
Honorable (Dr.) (Rev) Meshoe
Kenneth Rasalabe Joseph Meshoe (born 18 January 1954) is a South African evangelist, politician, reverend and teacher. He has been serving as the inaugural leader of the African Christian Democratic Party, a Christian democratic political party, since 1993. He became a Member of Parliament in 1994 and has since been re-elected five times. He is one of the longest-serving MPs. Early life, education and career Meshoe was born on 18 January 1954 in Pretoria, South Africa. He matriculated from high school in 1972 and went on to study at the University of the North where he obtained a Secondary Teachers Diploma in 1975. He then proceeded to work as a teacher for the next few years. He and his wife, Lydia, joined the Christ For All Nations in 1976. In February 1980, he found employment as one of Reinhard Bonnke's associate evangelists. He completed his second-year Theological Diploma at the Shekinah Bible Institute in Kingsport in the US state of Tennessee in 1987. He established his church, the Hope of Glory Tabernacle, in 1988, when he returned to South Africa. In 1994, the Bethel Christian College of Riverside, California, awarded him an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Humane Letters). He was also appointed to serve as an Associate Member on the Board of Regents of Bethel CollegeMeshoe established the ACDP in December 1993. The party competed in the 1994 general elections and won two seats in the newly established National Assembly. Meshoe filled one of the seats. The party's support peaked in the 2004 general election when it won seven parliamentary seats and representation in six provincial legislatures. Meshoe was consequently re-elected as an MP. After the 2004 election, the ACDP started to decline in each election. The party managed to arrest the decline in the 2019 general election. Meshoe is currently serving his sixth term as an MP. He is a member of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation. Political positions Meshoe voted against the adoption of the final version of the South African constitution in 1996. He also opposes abortion. He voted against the legalisation of same-sex marriage in South Africa. Meshoe has voiced support for the previous DA mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Athol Trollip. He has also spoken out on the issue of farm murders. Meshoe has voiced support for the State of Israel, arguing against claims that Israel is an apartheid state, calling such accusations "slanderous" and "deceptive". According to Meshoe, these claims trivialise the word apartheid, and belittle the magnitude of the racism and suffering endured by non-white South Africans during the apartheid era.
Personal life Meshoe married Lydia Meshoe in 1976. They have three children. They renewed their vows in 2016. Lydia had previously served as a representative of the ACDP in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Prof: Joshua Valeta
Prof: Joshua Valeta on behalf of His Excellency President Lazaraus
Chakwera, the president of the Republic of Malawi and the Chairperson of SADC countries (2021).
Dr Joshua Valeta is the inaugural Director of Open, Distance and e-Learning in the Ministry of Education in Malawi. He is championing transformation of education through distance and e-learning education innovations. His work includes driving the setting up of policies and strategies for open and digital learning pathways for more equitably accessible and resilient education system, led by a change in paradigm shift in education philosophy. He carries 17 years of experience in education. He has a unique combination of science, leadership and education training and practice. He worked at USAID Malawi as the Senior Education Specialist after serving as the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Director for the USAID funded program called Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi Activity. Before that, he managed the skills development program funded by the World Bank at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), where he also served as Deputy Dean of Faculty of Natural Resources, and the inaugural ODL Director. He still holds an Associate Professor position there. He has attended numerous leadership and management, and ODeL trainings over the years, including at Harvard, and Oxford. He also holds a PhD in aquaculture technology from University of Malawi, and a Master of Science in Aquaculture from the University of Ghent, in Belgium. He is the current country representative to the Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA) for Malawi.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
His excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera
The president of the Republic of Malawi
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
His Excellency (Dr.) Fortune Charumbira
The president of Pan African parliament
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
HRM Oba Muraina Adebanjo Adedini
His Royal Majesty Oba Muraina Adebanjo Adedini (Asoya of Isoya)
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