Akili Radio – Ubongo

Akili and Me Hits 1 Million YouTube Subscribers!

ubongo — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:12:38 +0000

We are thrilled to share an incredible milestone—Akili and Me has officially reached 1 MILLION subscribers on YouTube! This achievement has earned us the YouTube Gold Creator Award, a recognition of our impact in bringing fun, educational content to children worldwide.

When we first launched the channel, we knew we had the potential to reach millions of young learners. However, the real breakthrough came when we implemented a data-driven content strategy aimed at maximizing audience engagement and growth. In just four years, we went from a growing channel to one of the leading African edutainment brands on YouTube! This rapid growth is a testament to the power of high-quality content, strategic planning, and a dedicated team.

A special shoutout to our YouTube team, including Jacquiline Mujulizi and Chiedza Nyama, whose leadership and insights helped us refine our approach, optimize content, and build a stronger connection with our audience. Through their efforts, we achieved a 150% increase in subscribers and significantly boosted our engagement and revenue.This is only the beginning! With 1 million subscribers and counting, we’re excited to continue creating engaging, accessible, and educational content for kids everywhere. Thank you to all our fans, parents, and educators for being part of this journey!

Watch, learn, and grow with us!

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Ubongo has Collaborated with Apple Music!!

ubongo — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 03:17:36 +0000

To celebrate Black History Month in the UK, Apple Music has curated Akili and Me Playlists that are exclusively on Apple Music—featuring various songs from the Akili and Me albums. The playlist’s are being promoted on the Apple Music’s kids page in the UK, US and Africa!

These playlists are designed for every occasion, from dance parties and learning adventures, to bedtime lullabies, ensuring families have the perfect soundtrack for their special moments. It’s a celebration of African culture and creativity, bringing the best of Africa to the world through music. Here is the link to the playlists: https://music.apple.com/gb/curator/akili-and-me/1770327636

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Broadcast Media Afica: “Limit Content Influx From Abroad – Give Creators In Africa Chance to Further Succeed”

ubongo — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:02:49 +0000

Christina Bwana, COO of Ubongo was featured in an exclusive interview on Broadcast Media Africa. She shared valuable insights on the key challenges facing African broadcasters and explored innovative solutions that could shape the future of the industry.

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Ubongo is featured on The Hundred Global Collection 2024!

ubongo — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 03:08:30 +0000

The HundrED Global Collection 2024 features 100 of the most impactful and scalable education innovations from around the world.

Congratulations to Ubongo for making the list! It’s truly a remarkable feat!

https://hundred.org/en/innovations/ubongo

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Ubongo Turns 10: Celebrating a Decade of Innovation and Impact in Education

ubongo — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:47:59 +0000

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Language Magazine: Ubongo Promotes Pan_African Early Literacy

ubongo — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 04:15:59 +0000

Africa’s leading creator and producer of children’s educational media, Ubongo, has announced the launch of Season Four of Akili and Me: “Words and Sounds with Akili.”

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static1.squarespace.com: Playful learning with technology

ubongo — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 01:29:22 +0000

Humans Who Play just published this interesting landscape report on Playful Learning.

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Ubongo’s Response to COVID-19: Supporting Caregivers and Kids to Learn at Home

ubongo — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:03:53 +0000

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. We have been thinking about what Ubongo can do to help communities and families support kids’ continued education and learning as more and more schools are closed. We’ve had many conversations with people across these countries who are concerned about the short-term and long-term effects that this will have on the pre-existing learning crisis across the continent. These are the steps that we as Ubongo have committed to taking at this time.

We are offering our library of TV and radio edutainment content- as well as public service announcements and educational videos to support health and hygiene– for free, to any broadcasters and partners who can share it with communities in need. Please contact kriyen@ubongo.org for more details on the terms and conditions as well as links to the content.

2. We officially launched our Ubongo Toolkits platform this month, and we are working to populate it with even more content and guidance for caregivers to use at home to support learning for kids. Ubongo Toolkits is a large library of quality, African-made early learning materials and educational resources for kids aged 0 – 14, covering various topics from early numeracy, pre-literacy, and social and emotional skills to engineering, science, and technology. These materials are currently available in Kiswahili and English, and we’re also in production on versions in Kinyarwanda, Hausa, Kikuyu, Luo, and Chichewa. These toolkits serve as teaching aids for the purpose of improving the quality of instruction with play-based visual and audio learning. We have arranged the resources according to subjects and themes, so it’s easy for you to find what you are looking for. Just follow this link to log in/sign up, and explore and download our resources, free of charge.

3. We are also working on mapping our content and other learning resources (ebooks, apps, worksheets) against the education curriculums (pre-primary to grade 7) in African countries where schools have been closed. We are currently focusing on Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania as priority markets. This will help families quickly find content that’s relevant to their kids’ grade level and better plan lessons at home. We will add the curriculums to the Toolkits platform on an ongoing basis.

4. We are also working with other education and learning partners to create an inventory of learning resources to distribute on our YouTube channels, Ubongo Toolkits platforms, and broadcast channels.

5. We In the long-term, we plan to create even more health-related content that will support public awareness and practices around hygiene and infectious disease prevention.

This is just the start, and now more than ever, we need to come together as ambassadors for children across Africa and support out-of-school kids continued learning at home. Please share this with your network and all relevant parties. We will share updates on the progress and any other initiatives that we and other partners make around this issue. Remember, “we do it for the kids”!

Support Kids Learning During COVID-19

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Akili and You: Whole Child Development Media for All

ubongo — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:46:44 +0000

In this scale-up project, Ubongo is continuing to develop effective educational media for children as well as create holistic ‘Akili and You’ toolkits: an innovative multimedia platform that can increase the access of content to more children via caregivers and ECD stakeholders to improve the health, wellbeing and development of 3.5 million under-six year-olds.

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Akili Radio

ubongo — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 12:03:37 +0000

Can’t get enough of Akili? We’ve got good news for you!

Ubongo has expanded to radio with Akili Radio, where you can now listen to the adventures of Akili and her friends in Lala Land. Wherever you are in the country, you can tune in to TBC Taifa every Saturday at 10:30 am and every Sunday at 3:00 pm. Check for the frequency of your region below!

Dar es Salaam – 87.5 FM

Dodoma – 87.7 FM

Kigoma – 88.4 FM

Mwanza – 88.5 FM and 89.2 FM

Tanga – 89.6 FM

Arusha – 91.6 FM

Nachingwea – 92.3 FM

Lindi – 93.5 FM

Songea – 98.7 FM

Zanzibar – 99.7 FM

Masasi – 105.9

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