Independent (Dr. Esther Gacicio)

Dr. Esther Gacicio is an Edtech Consultant & CEO and Co-Founder of eLearning Solutions (eLS), a company leveraging on digital technology to design, deliver and deploy learning and training solutions, across the spectrum; to the youth, institutions and corporates. She has been a consultant with the World Bank as a Consultant for the Global EdTech Team (GEAK Unit) and an Independent Consultant with Results for Development (R4D) and Common Wealth of Learning (COL). She is a member of the Specialist Network of the EDTEch Hub, a global non-profit research partnership on technology in education. She is also an international consultant with Common Sense eLearning and Training Consultants. Dr. Gacicio previously served as a Senior Assistant Director at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). She is an accomplished eLearning Specialist, Instructional and Curriculum Designer, and Trainer/Facilitator with experience spanning over 25 years. She is passionate about digital literacy systems and their impact on education. Dr. Gacicio was recognised for being the best PhD student (Thesis), Faculty of Education,2021/2022 academic year, University of Nairobi, 5th May 2023. She holds several accolades among them the Global Award for Excellence in eLearning at the World Education Congress Global and Awards 2015 as well as the 2011 Technology in Government in Africa (TIGA) Award by the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (ECA). She was a finalist at the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2017/2018; a program run by the Royal Academy of Engineering United Kingdom as well as a Metis Fellow having successfully completed the Metis Fellowship Programme in 2018. She led ELS in receiving received Most Preferred MOOCS Solution of the Year Award 2021 at the Kenya EdTech Summit and Awards, August 2021, Nairobi Kenya. She holds a PhD in Distance Education from the University of Nairobi. She also holds Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Education from the University of Nairobi and Moi University respectively and a graduate diploma in Leadership Development in ICT and Knowledge Society from the Dublin City University, Ireland. She is trained and certified in New Learning Technologies by tele-akademia and in eLearning Technology by the University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka.