Digitization, artificial intelligence, automation and the green transition are changing how engineers work. AAE follows these changes without chasing the latest label. The question we ask is practical: given unreliable power supplies and limited digital infrastructure, how should engineering education in Africa adapt?
- Integrate data literacy, modelling and simulation, and sustainable design into the engineering curriculum.
- Support online courses, open educational resources and shared teaching, to make up for shortages of staff and textbooks.
- Address the new knowledge requirements placed on engineers by the low-carbon transition and climate adaptation.
- Keep foundational engineering principles and hands-on practice, even as new digital tools are introduced.