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Kenya pioneers coding lessons without computers

By Willis Oketch | 1mo ago

Instead of writing code on a keyboard, learners follow step-by-step reasoning tasks that mirror the structure of code. [iStockphoto]

Kenya has scored a historic milestone in digital education — becoming the first country in Africa where students can learn coding even without computers.

Oxford University Press (OUP) East Africa has launched Smart Coders: Discovering the World of Coding, a new learning series that introduces programming concepts through books rather than screens.

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