eLearning Africa has established itself as the largest and most comprehensive capacity-building development event for technology-enhanced education and training on the African continent. The 2007 conference attracted more than 1,400 participants, with nearly 80% coming from Africa and a total of 88 countries represented.

eLearning Africa has become the target destination of Africa's key educational decision makers, opinion leaders, experts, and practitioners from governments, public and private education, and corporate HRD. These professionals use the international forum to discuss leading-edge developments and proven solutions in the field of technology-supported learning and training within the African context.

The 2008 Conference will address sixteen themes, covering all aspects of technology-enhanced education and training:

• unleashing the capabilities of universities through information and communication technologies
• corporate eLearning in Africa and beyond
• introducing eLearning into the school system
• designing and delivering eLearning
• building the infrastructure for education in the 21st century
• open source and open content
• eLearning in medical education and the fight against HIV and AIDS
• advanced technology developments
• eLearning supported by development partners
• empowering women through ICTs and eLearning
• improving the quality and outreach of technical and vocational education
• libraries as access providers to resources and expertise
• quality development and quality assurance
• achieving inclusivity through eLearning
• eLearning for the public sector
• policy issues and large-scale take-up of eLearning

The event is accompanied by an exhibition.