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Airtel Africa and UNICEF Announce Multi-million Dollar Partnership to Scale-up Digital Learning

Nov 01, 2021   •   by   •   Source: Proshare   •   eye-icon 2359 views

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AirtelAfrica and UNICEF announced today a five-year pan-African partnership to helpaccelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to theinternet and ensuring free access to learning platforms across 13 countries. Byproviding equal access to quality digital learning, particularly for the mostvulnerable children, the partnership will help to ensure that every childreaches their full potential.


AirtelAfrica, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services inAfrica, is the first African private sector partner to make amultimillion-dollar commitment to 'Reimagine Education', a global initiativelaunched by UNICEF in 2020 calling for public and private sector investment indigital learning as an essential service for every child and young personacross the globe. This initiative aims to to give children a chance to catch upon their learning needs amid the ongoing global pandemic.


"Hundredsof millions of children in Africa have seen their education disrupted or put onhold because of the COVID-19 pandemic", said UNICEF Executive DirectorHenrietta Fore. "By championing digital education for children in Africa, thispartnership with Airtel Africa will help put children's learning back ontrack".


AirtelAfrica's financial and in-kind contribution for this partnership is $57 millionover five years to 2027. The programme will call on technology and expertise,in addition to direct financial support to connect schools and communities tothe internet, enable free access to online educational content for learners. Itwill also provide vital data insights to inform UNICEF's work to scale-updigital learning and help ensure it is sustainable and meets students' needsacross Africa.


"Asa business, we have focused on education as a key area of our corporate socialresponsibility, and we are delighted that this partnership with UNICEF willenable us to accelerate results. It also coincides with the launch of our newsustainability strategy, which lays out our commitment to education", saidOlusegun Ogunsanya, CEO of Airtel Africa. "We are excited to be working withUNICEF to advance the education agenda on the continent through facilitating connectivityand online access to play a role in driving change", he added.


TheAirtel Africa and UNICEF pan-African partnership will benefit learners in Chad,Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi,Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. 


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