As an outreach project of the Isbourne Foundation, whose purpose is To Create Positive Lives Through Education, ITSA is extending the Isbourne mission into Africa.

Together with partner CFAS (Computers for African Schools), ITSA is making a major difference in some of the poorest countries in Africa, so far providing over 940,000 children with access to IT technology.

IT skills are increasingly in demand by business and global economy and are paramount to securing good jobs and improving standards of living.

An IT education is vital for African school children in the modern world. IT skills are increasingly in demand by business and global economy and are paramount to securing good jobs and improving standards of living.

Furthermore, with access to the internet, school children can widen their understanding of the world around them, and they can link up with other schools abroad improving cross-cultural communication. Todays IT software programmes are powerful teaching aids and are more inexpensive than text books; Aids and other health awareness programmes can also be installed on to computers, helping to reduce disease and improving the nations wellbeing.

Before the ITSA-CFAS programme, nearly all the secondary school students in the countries we work in were leaving school without computing experience. But thanks to the programme, most state secondary schools now have a computer lab and teachers in these schools have been trained to teach IT. Every PC donated is used by an average of 75 students over a three year period, so hundreds of children can be helped with just a few computers. 

A skilled IT-trained workforce is a key factor in Africas ability to boost its productivity, attract investment and develop. By generating IT Education in Africa, ITSA is helping young Africans to break free from the cycle of poverty and dependence on aid and create positive lives.