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Why SuaCode?": Understanding African Students' Motivations for Taking a Smartphone-Based Online Coding Course

● high · 2026-07-28cs-education, equity, mooc, global-south, equity-in-ai-education, ai-literacy, ai-education

Addo, Munagah, Kumbol, Uchidiuno and Boateng study why African students enroll in SuaCode, a smartphone-based online coding course (from the team behind the Kwame AI teaching assistant) addressing the fact that under 1% of African secondary-school leavers have fundamental coding skills. Understanding learner motivations informs the design of accessible, AI-supported MOOCs for low-resource contexts. The work speaks directly to Equity In AI Education and Accessible Learning, to broadening participation in CS Education, and to policy questions in AI Literacy Equity Programming Policy; outcome evidence for AI-supported programming learning connects to GenAI Meta Analysis Programming Learning.

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    • Citation

    Michael Addo, Nana Maryam Munagah, Victor Kumbol, Judith Uchidiuno, George Boateng (2026). "Why SuaCode?": Understanding African Students' Motivations for Taking a Smartphone-Based Online Coding Course. arXiv:2607.22940.