IEFG BIG Series: It's a wrap!

02/24/25 • 14 min

Welcome to the IEFG Brains in Gear Series. In this final conversation of this season, the IEFG's Education Technology Fellow, Anjali Nambiar discusses her takeaways from this year's BIG Series with the IEFG's Executive Director, Laura Savage and the IEFG's Senior Lead for Philanthropic Coalitions, Leonora Dowley.

Nb: This episode was taped before the USAID funding freeze was announced. As a result, we may see a different involvement of the aid sector than we expected at the time of recording.

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Nb: This episode was taped before the USAID funding freeze was announced. As a result, we may see a different involvement of the aid sector than we expected at the time of recording.

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IEFG: BIG Series: Philanthropy's role in Edtech

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Welcome to the IEFG Brains in Gear Series. Today, we'll hear three perspectives on the question, "What should philanthropy do to support edtech in low- and middle-income countries?". We have three speakers who will share their thoughts and ideas on the role of philanthropy in the future of edtech.
Elyas Felfoul is the Director of WISE, Qatar Foundation, and leads the strategic development and operational management of the WISE Summit's Platform while also leading the growth of the PRIZE and EdTech Accelerator Programs. Leveraging his diverse background in both public and private sectors, Elyas brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to WISE. Prior to his current role, he served as a political advisor to a Vice-Prime Minister in Quebec, Canada. Subsequently, Elyas worked at a Toronto-based firm specializing in M&A.

Angela Haydel DeBarger, serves as Program Officer in Education at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Her portfolio addresses open education with the aim of democratizing knowledge, creating inclusive and engaging experiences for learners, and advancing racial equity in education systems. Previously, Angela served as senior program officer for Lucas Education Research at the George Lucas Educational Foundation, where she led elementary and middle school project-based learning initiatives.

Salvador Paiz, Chairperson at Funsepa, spearheads "Guatemala Moving Forward," a strategy to boost economic growth, and is deeply involved in improving education through organizations like Empresarios por la Educación and the Inter American Dialogue. For 20 years, Funsepa has worked tirelessly to leverage technology as a development tool.

Here are some resources from the conversation:

Learn more about Funcepa's work here.
Learn more about PHET here
Learn more about Learning Equality here
Learn more about Web Aflia here
Learn more about Learning Equality and Kolibri here

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IEFG BIG Series: It's a wrap!

Anjali Nambiar

Hello everyone and welcome to the final episode of the IEFG Brains and Gear series on how Philanthropy thinks about Ed Tech. Over the past six episodes, we've curated a journey on how grant makers in education are thinking about and working on Ed Tech to improve education outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. You can listen to the full episodes on any of the platforms where you find our podcasts. In this episode, me and two oth