ADC 2025 · Accra, Ghana
Shifting Minds, Inspiring Action.
The continent’s high-level gathering on learning differences brought education leaders, policymakers, researchers, business professionals, health professionals, youth advocates and parents together for two days in Accra to talk about how Africa can better support people with dyslexia and related learning differences.
Looking back · Association International School, Accra
Where the movement gathered.
In many parts of Africa, children and adults with dyslexia and other learning differences struggle at school and at work because most systems don’t yet understand how they learn. That can lead to teasing, dropping out and missed opportunities later in life.
ADC 2025 set out to change that narrative, acting as a catalyst for policy reform, education transformation and workforce inclusion. With UNESCO and UNICEF as strategic partners, it placed learning differences firmly within wider conversations on literacy equity, social justice and inclusive growth.
What happened
- Keynotes from expert voices in inclusive education and learning support
- Panels on school systems, identity, youth voices and neurodiversity
- Small-group masterclass workshops
- Research presentations on literacy
- Networking with leaders advancing literacy, equity and inclusion
- A post-conference plan to guide future change
- 400+
- Delegates from across Africa and beyond
- 2 days
- Of keynotes, panels, masterclasses and research
- 33
- Sponsors and partners, including UNESCO, UNICEF and GIZ
- 4 regions
- Speakers from the US, UK, UAE and across Africa
Highlights
Two days in under three minutes.
In pictures
Moments from ADC 2025.
Conference report
Read what came out of ADC 2025.
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2025 sponsors & partners
Thank you to everyone who made it possible.
In the news
What the press said.
Graphic Online
African Dyslexia Conference 2025 ends in Accra
Read the articleGraphic Online
Education Ministry to partner CSOs to address dyslexia
Read the articleMyJoyOnline
Stakeholders call for lasting solutions to dyslexia challenges
Read the articleGhanaian Times
Founder of ADO advocates evidence-based understanding of dyslexia
Read the article
20–22 Oct 2027 · Accra
Awareness got us here.
Action takes us further.
Delegates at the close of ADC 2025