Akello launches digital learning opportunities across Africa
ECONET group’s digital education technology company, Akello, has launched an end-toend digital learning platform that is set to broaden access to learning opportunities for millions across the continent.
With a focus on transforming African education through technology, Akello seeks to increase access to education across sub-Saharan Africa by levelling the digital learning field.
This is to be achieved through offering products that target all learners, starting from early childhood up to young adults.
According to chief executive officer, Ms Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa, about two-thirds of sub-Saharan African youth aged between the ages 5 and 24 are considered undereducated due to limited access to learning opportunities.
“Akello seeks to address that by transforming and elevating the way young Africans learn by ensuring digital access to the best education from wherever they may be on the African continent,” she said.
Ms Masiyiwa said Akello was committed to offering digital products aligned to national curriculums and local identities including, among others, Akello Smart Learning and Akello Pre-School.
“We are excited to offer Akello Smart Learning, a revolutionary product providing an interactive digital learning platform experience for primary and high school learners, along with Akello Pre-School, a seamless learning platform for early years educators, tutors and home-schooling parents, which allows ease of teaching and learning,” she
said.
Ms Masiyiwa said that the company would soon be rolling out additional products, among them Akello Library, Akello Hub and Akello Quiz.
Akello general manager, Ms Vimbai Gwata, said their strategy was to make quality, online learning products as widely accessible as possible to all Africans, despite the negative impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on learning opportunities on the continent.
“With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns, learners more than ever before require alternative learning tools to help them advance their education,” she said.
“Our Akello digital learning platform is positioned to do just that, and tackle the gap created by missed learning opportunities, whether they are due to the existing shortage of physical textbooks and teachers in some nations, or due to the impact of the current lockdowns on learners across the continent.”-chronicle.cl.zw
