Primary teachers in Nigeria and Rwanda finished a digital-teaching fellowship

Sixteen primary teachers finished a short fellowship on digital tools and classroom problem-solving. The Guardian Nigeria reported on October 27, 2026, that Prikkle Academy, a nonprofit founded in 2016 and based in Afon, Kwara State, held a virtual graduation for its first Digital SPARKS Teacher Fellowship the weekend before. Fifteen of the teachers are Nigerian. One is Rwandan. The course ran eight sessions.

Organisers said the work stayed practical: local materials, digital tools, and projects teachers could try, including mini makerspaces, digital-citizenship lessons, code clubs, and ideas the teachers built themselves. Chief listener Fasoranti Damilola asked the graduates to turn the sessions into classroom practice and to keep trading solutions. Keynote speaker Chris Clement Igiraneza told them to keep creativity and critical thinking ahead of the technology. Valedictorian Nelson Nayituriki pointed to AI-supported storybooks and to the value of Nigerian and Rwandan teachers learning in the same group.

Prikkle said an alumni circle will continue that exchange. The report names the fellowship, the 16 teachers, and the kinds of projects they tried. It does not measure whether their students read better or score higher after the course.