With a goal of reaching 15 million kids, the Tanzanian prodco is prepping content to export around the world, while also addressing the region’s education crisis.
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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!
In 2016, a video of a schoolboy in Tanzania being beaten by his male teachers started circulating on social media. Read more
Ubongo has been featured on HDIF’s new “Digital Principles in Practice” site:
http://www.hdif-tz.org/digital/
By empowering parents to support their children’s pre-literacy foundation, UNREASONABLE.is aims to give East African kids a stronger start in school and life, and a hope of breaking Africa’s intergenerational cycle of poverty. They are a strong leadership partner of Ubongo.
Click here to read the article: https://unreasonable.is/can-illiterate-parents-be-their-kids-first-teachers/
We are happy to announce that Ubongo is one of the recipients of Human for Development Innovation Fund’s (HDIF) Round 3 grants.Read more
DFID cites Ubongo as an example in their endorsement of Principle for Digital Development.
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.
