{"id":741,"date":"2023-12-04T15:16:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2023\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2023-12-05T22:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T22:33:55","slug":"panel-session-2-investment-in-icts-for-education-ensuring-evidence-based-policy-making","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2023\/panel-session-2-investment-in-icts-for-education-ensuring-evidence-based-policy-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel Session 2: Investment in ICTs for Education \u2013 Ensuring Evidence-Based Policy Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"  ><div id=\"x-section-1\" class=\"x-section\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-color: transparent;\"  ><div class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"  ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-video embed with-container\" ><div class=\"x-video-inner\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8aWb8rbkcwY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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