Ubongo, meaning “brain” in Kiswahili, came to life in 2013 with the aim to help kids in Africa to learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives.
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Africa’s leading creator and producer of children’s educational media, Ubongo, is delighted to announce the launch of Season 1 of Akili and Me in Kinyarwanda on PACIS TV and YouTube.
Listen to our Head of Marketing and Communications, Iman Lipuma talk about COVID and EdTech with Khan Academy CEO and Founder, Sal Khan, in the Learning to Overcome podcast by UNICEF and Imaginable Futures.
We are proud to see teachers in Thailand using Akili Thai to teach their lessons. Thank you Kasikorn Bank, Muang Thai Life Assurance, and Bgrimm for sponsoring the Thai dub. Visit our Thai Youtube Channel
Resumen de la semana entre el 14 y el 20 de septiembre sobre el impacto sanitario y socioeconómico de la pandemia en el continente africano.
We are so thrilled that Ubongo’s Reuters’ article & video got picked up around the world by Al Jazeera, El Pais (in Spanish), Terra (Portuguese), CNBC Africa, The Tribune India, Hindustan Times, Metro, Capital News (Georgian), Kompas (Indonesian), VOA Swahili, and many many others.
Click here to see the original article & video
Five-year-old Kenyan student Miguel Munene sits between his parents, holding their hands as he watches cartoon characters teaching him to pronounce “fish”.
The TV comes to the rescue as half of sub-Saharan Africa’s children do not have internet access, according to UNICEF.
We would like to thank the Human Development Innovation Fund, funded by UKAid, without whom the development and growth of Akili and Me would not have been possible.
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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.
