Through the Build a World of Play project, funded by the LEGO Foundation, Ubongo aims to provide 92 million families across sub-Saharan Africa with play-based early learning resources to address key gaps in knowledge and attitudes among caregivers around learning through play and empower parents and other caregivers to support learning through play, leading to improvements
in kids’ cognitive, social and emotional skills.
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Edutainment can make learning engaging, accessible, and culturally relevant, thereby bridging educational gaps and empowering children with knowledge and skills for personal and societal advancement.
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The Kahoot! for All Project, funded by the LEGO Foundation, is focused on neurodiversity and learning through play!
Over the weekend, our Director of Communications and Development, Iman Lipumba, had an opportunity to share information about our newest show #nuzoandnamia during South Africa Broadcasting Co-operation (SABC)‘s MorningLive show.
This prize is awarded to two organization that used of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool to keep kids learning through the pandemic. Ubongo being one of them. It is a great honor!
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“Four days ago I visited a relative in the village, and their 2-year-old was in the house. I showed them a video of Akili washing her hands…
According to the United Nations, school closures in 85 countries to contain the spread of Covid-19 are disrupting the education of over 776 million learners globally. Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal and other countries across sub-Saharan Africa have closed schools to prevent further spread of the virus.
Hello friends, partners, and supporters,
I write to you with excitement and a childlike sense of possibility, as we move into a new decade and set our sights on even bigger goals for Ubongo.
In 2016, a video of a schoolboy in Tanzania being beaten by his male teachers started circulating on social media. Read more
“Ubongo is chosen by the World Bank as one of twenty interesting and intriguing innovative edtech projects from around the world.”
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Ubongo is Africa's leading producer of kids' edutainment. As a non-profit social enterprise we create fun, localised and multi-platform educational content that helps kids learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives. We reach millions of families across Africa through accessible technologies like TV, radio and mobile phones.
