Doreen Kessy, Ubongo COO, shows off the 2019 #Next Billion EdTech trophy at the Global Education & Skills Forum. What you don’t know is she was in the hospital with malaria the day before leaving for Dubai, but insisted she go and powered through to win! A #hero and true #Ubongoer!
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Ubongo is one of the 30 finalists selected to compete for the 2019 Next Billion EdTech Price at the Global Education & Skills Forum in Dubai on 22 – 24 March 2019.
A non-profit social enterprise in Tanzania is paving way for children’s edutainment programs in Africa.
A Kenyan mom, with intention of bringing up her child, Orie, as a bilingual Kiswahili/ English speaker discovers Akili and Me on youtube. Listen to her rave review!
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An interview with the Ubongo Team who is using a new form of entertainment with learning and education for kids in Africa.
For many of us, mobile phones are not simply tools for communication, they offer life-enhancing services like access to information via the internet, mobile banking, health and entertainment apps, and more. In 2015, more than half of the population of sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service (The Mobile Economy: Sub-Saharan Africa 2018),Read more
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.”
Click here to read the article: http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/20-innovative-edtech-projects-around-world?cid=SHR_BlogSiteShare_XX_EXT
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.
