Covid-19 – Ubongo

Ubongo latest published research alert!!

ubongo — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 01:41:03 +0000

We are happy to share the latest publication on the impact of Akili and Me Hausa adaptation from Nigeria. The paper was written by Dr. Dina Borzekowski and her team at UMD and has been published in the Journal of Children and Media. One key new exciting finding from this study (that was found by a coincidence in timing of the study!) is that kids who could name more Akili and Me characters after the time of COVID school closures, performed significantly better on the outcomes of literacy, numeracy, shape, socio-emotional development, controlling for sex, age, baseline score, and group assignment.This study offers promising evidence that locally-produced educational media interventions can impact early learning skills, especially during a crisis when children rely on educational media for home learning!

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Ubongo wins the 2021 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize

ubongo — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:02:48 +0000

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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IBEForuM hosted the Digital Learning Africa Summit to Focus on the Key Challenges of the African Education Sector

ubongo — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 02:01:34 +0000

The Digital Learning Africa Summit, virtually hosted by IBEForuM on February 3rd – 4th, 2022, was a huge success with 4000+ attendees from 35+ countries. The delegates were the top decision-makers from the education sector which included the CEOs, Directors, Deputy Directors, Learning and Development Managers, Professors, Lecturers, Principals and Deans from globally recognized Schools, Colleges, Universities and Higher Education Academies, along with the Ministries of Education of the African Countries. The insights and the latest innovations of the EdTech industry were presented by well-known speakers and key sponsors like the Oracle Academy, Cypher Learning and many more.

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be the driving force to boost e-learning. This conference brought together the digital learning solution providers from all over the globe that will support Africa’s vision of modernizing and digitizing the education sector, and solve the

challenges of digital learning in Africa.The edtech market in Africa is expected to reach $350 Billion by 2025 as the demand for e-learning technologies are on the rise.

The expanded interest in utilizing educational innovations to evolve the learning techniques offers the chance to revamp the traditional teaching methods by introducing unique innovation for the African continent, aiming at the mission of Africa’s Agenda 2063. The key stakeholders from the African Union’s Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, have emphasized that “the pandemic had reinforced the importance to transform education systems across the continent through digital education.” and the institution further explained the aim of the Africa Union’s digital technology strategy takes a holistic approach towards spanning access, quality, learning contents, pedagogies, connectivity, and devices.

For more details, please visit https://www.africansummits.com/

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Digital Learning Africa: IBEForuM Hosts the Digital Learning Africa Summit to Focus on the Key Challenges of the African Education Sector

ubongo — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:08:33 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be the driving force to boost e-learning. This conference is designed to bring together the digital learning solution providers from all over the globe that will
support Africa’s vision of modernizing and digitizing the education sector, and solve the challenge of digital learning. The edtech market in Africa is expected to reach $350 billion by 2025 as the demand for e-learning technologies are on the rise. The expanded interest in utilizing educational innovations to evolve the learning techniques offers the chance to revamp the traditional teaching methods by introducing unique innovation for the African continent, aiming at the mission of Africa’s Agenda 2063.The decision-makers in this strategic Summit are the Deputy Minister, Ministers, Chairmen, CEO, Director General, Deputy Director General Professor, Teacher, Lecturer, Principal/Dean, Education Technology Heads, etc. from Schools, Colleges Universities, Higher Education Academies, Government and Semi-Government Entities.

For more details, please visit: https://www.africansummits.com/

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Thai school using Akili Thai to teach online during Covid-19 Pandemic!

ubongo — Mon, 31 May 2021 08:18:48 +0000

We are proud to see teachers in Thailand using Akili Thai to teach their lessons online during 3rd wave of Covid-19 Pandemic. Thank you Kasikorn Bank, Muang Thai Life Assurance, and Bgrimm for sponsoring the Thai dub.

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KLAUS J.JACOBS: Ubongo – 2020 Best Practice Prize recipient

ubongo — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:59:12 +0000

The Jacobs Foundation Board recognizes Ubongo for their exceptional efforts to provide quality edutainment with localized educational cartoons to children in Africa, and especially for their response to COVID-19 related challenges.

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KLAUS J. JACOBS Virtual Ceremony AWARDS: Ubongo – 2020 Best Practice Prizes

ubongo — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:45:05 +0000

This year has been a challenging year for all of us. And while 2020 has brought us great uncertainty, it has also opened opportunities for community, solidarity, and innovation. This year, it is even more important for the Jacobs Foundation to support organizations, who really make a difference in the field of child and youth development. This is why in 2020 we have increased our support to a total endowment of 1.5 million Swiss francs. In honor of its founder, the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes recognize the exceptional commitment and innovative solutions by institutions or individuals. For the first time in 2020, we honor not one, but three outstanding organizations. These organizations do great work in normal times, but they also responded with speed and agility to help children when schools closed in many parts of the world. Congratulations: Dybuster, PEAS, and Ubongo!

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Ambitious Africa: Promoting Access to Remote Learning during COVID-19 – Ubongo’s Journey

ubongo — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:04:02 +0000

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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Learning to Overcome – Class is in Session: Everywhere, Anytime

ubongo — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 07:36:06 +0000

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.

“Technology should be something that prompts kids to engage with the world around them to have offline experiences with each other or their caregivers.”

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Thai teachers using Akili Thai to teach kids online during COVID-19!

ubongo — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 01:54:14 +0000

We are happy 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

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