Shafika Isaacs is an independent consultant who specialises in the role of digital technologies in improving education access, quality and equity. She has worked with UNESCO, eLearning Africa, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the World Bank, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft.

She was formerly the founding Executive Director of SchoolNet Africa, Education Director at Mindset Network, Partner Development Lead for Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Group in the Middle East and Africa and Senior Programme Officer for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). 

Shafika serves on the Global Compact for Learning Research Task Team, UNESCO's Mobile Learning Policy Advisory Group, The Lewis Foundation Board of Trustees, NMC Horizon K-12 Report Advisory Board, Intel's Policy Advisory Group, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN Steering Committee and is the Chair of SchoolNet South Africa. She has authored a number of research reports and papers related to ICT in Education in Africa.

As a recipient of the Nelson Mandela Scholarship Award, she obtained a Master of Science degree in Science and Technology Policy at the University of Sussex and an Executive MBA cum laude at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. Shafika Isaacs served as editor of The eLearning Africa Report 2013.