Tech to boost African education

eLearning Africa, the continent's largest annual assembly of e-learning and education professionals from Africa, will conduct its fourth pan-African networking event in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 May, reports App Scout.

The event focuses on discussing and training participants on how to use a variety of technologies for development and education within different African countries. Last year, over 1 500 attendees from 83 countries gathered to discuss e-learning and distance education in the developing world.

Conference organisers have set up a scholarship programme to ensure participation of Africans with financial constraints.

Vasco Data Security International, a software security company, is expanding its training capacity with new training centres in Italy, the UK, Belgium and Denmark, states PR Newswire.

The Vasco authorised training centres are part of Vasco's Security Experts Academy and e-learning (Seal), which was launched in October 2008. The objective of Seal is to keep security experts up to date on the latest trends in IT security, related technology, authentication and Vasco solutions.

Recently, Vasco signed a distribution agreement with Itway which became the first authorised training centre in Italy.

Autodesk has unveiled AutoCAD Exchange, an online destination for AutoCAD users to connect and learn from experts and access professional tools that can help them do their jobs better, says FoxBusiness.

AutoCAD Exchange provides users with an opportunity to hear directly from the product development team to garner tips from technical marketing experts via online video demonstrations.

Guri Stark, vice-president, AutoCAD and platform products, says: "AutoCAD Exchange provides designers and drafters with the ability to quickly connect with one another, learn from each other, and access educational tools to do their jobs more effectively”.