Strengthening EdTech Ecosystems: A Conversation with Anthony Bloome

<p>Today, we're speaking with Anthony Bloome, Executive Director of the <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meducationalliance.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Chapplebaum%40worldbank.org%7C039d1cb672db4bd4497d08d863e2ed2b%7C31a2fec0266b4c67b56e2796d8f59c36%7C0%7C0%7C637369173585561505&amp;sdata=DUdwb%2BZlpCfxJ2UCLjNhUYUV7YAkdZcY9W6uiMP5qjc%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Original URL: http://www.meducationalliance.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link.">Mobiles for Education Alliance</a>, about strengthening edtech ecosystems in low-resource contexts, interviewed by Work Bank team member Robert Hawkins.</p> <p><br></p> <p>--</p> <p><strong>Anthony Bloome </strong>is the Executive Director of the <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meducationalliance.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Chapplebaum%40worldbank.org%7C039d1cb672db4bd4497d08d863e2ed2b%7C31a2fec0266b4c67b56e2796d8f59c36%7C0%7C0%7C637369173585561505&amp;sdata=DUdwb%2BZlpCfxJ2UCLjNhUYUV7YAkdZcY9W6uiMP5qjc%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Original URL: http://www.meducationalliance.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link.">Mobiles for Education Alliance</a>, a non-profit focused on strengthening edtech ecosystems, particularly in low-resource country context. From 2010 to July 2020, he served as USAID's senior education technology specialist and where he founded the mEducation Alliance as well as the All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development. Prior to joining&nbsp;USAID, he was Peace Corps' technology for development specialist for 3 years and worked as a distance education specialist&nbsp;at the World Bank for 11 years.</p> <p><strong>Robert Hawkins</strong> is the World Bank's Senior Education &amp; Technology Policy Specialist and Global Lead for Technology and Innovation in Education, working on issues at the intersection of technology use and education in middle- and low-income countries and emer