
Airtel and UNICEF join efforts to improve access to digital learning in underserved schools in Uganda.
Airtel and the United NationsChildren’s Fund – UNICEF have launched a five-year partnership in Uganda to help accelerate digital learning through connecting 100 primary and secondary government schools in marginalized communities to learning platforms.
The launch in Uganda is part of the Airtel Africa and UNICEF pan-African partnership that will benefit learners in the countries of Chad, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
In Uganda, 200,000 in and out of school learners are targeted. The out of school beneficiaries will benefit from the partnership through community youth centres in districts where UNICEF is implementing interventions for the most marginalized children.
The partnership aims to...