{"id":609,"date":"2017-06-15T10:26:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T09:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/?page_id=609"},"modified":"2017-07-04T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T14:39:09","slug":"blackboard-silver-partner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/blackboard-silver-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard \u2013 Silver Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\"  class=\"x-section\"  style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px; background-color: transparent;\"   ><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(-45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\" data-fade=\"true\"><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"http:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Blackboard-600x400-fl.png\" ><a  class=\"x-btn x-btn-regular x-btn-block\"  href=\"http:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/partners-sponsors\/\"     data-options=\"thumbnail: ''\"><i  class=\"x-icon mvn mln mrs x-icon-hand-o-right\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf0a4;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Back to Summit Partners<\/a><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\" data-fade=\"true\"><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-justify\"    ><p>At Blackboard, we started out with a unique idea\u2014if we are not learning something new every day, we are not moving forward. 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