Shafiq Khan, Founding President, Teach the World Foundation

Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 9 a.m.

364: Shafiq Khan, the President of the Teach the World Foundation, shares how he’s leveraging his experience as a digital pioneer to establish and deploy models of literacy and learning effectively and at scale through the power of digital technology. Globally, two of every seven people are functionally illiterate, and Shafiq argues that traditional models of education cannot effectively close this gap, especially in the developing world. Shafiq’s believes digital technology can democratize education to benefit not just the individuals receiving it, but the global economy as a whole.