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Kenya’s eKitabu is among five projects to be funded by The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) to support learning in Africa.
The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF), has chosen five projects across Africa to receive Ksh. 18.6 million ($170,000) in funding in 2021. The APIF is a grant program co-founded by the UAE-based global philanthropic organization
Dubai Cares and implemented by the International Publishers Association (IPA).
The APIF Committee, chaired by IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi selected the winners from 311 applications received from 26 African countries. This is the second round of the grants program, which is funded by a four-year, Ksh. 87.7 million ($800,000) commitment from
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African Publishing Innovation Fund Names Five 2021 Projects
These new African Publishing Innovation Fund grants respond to the educational shortfalls in parts of Africa where the switch to digital has left students without adequate resources.
The fishing village of Butre in Ghana, the type of rural community in which girls in particularly have faced challenges in accessing online learning because of a significant urban-rural digital divide. Girls are expected to take on childcare responsibilities and household chores. Image – iStockphoto: TG23
‘Scalable Digital Learning Innovations’
In its announcement today (March 10) of its allocations of US$170,000 in 2021 funding, the African Publishing Innovation Fund has named five projects to receive grants, from an initial total of 311 applications from 26 African nations.
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Sharjah, 10th March, 2021 (WAM) The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) – a grant programme co-led by the UAE-based global philanthropic organization Dubai Cares and implemented by the International Publishers Association (IPA) – has chosen five projects across Africa to receive $170,000 in funding in 2021. The APIF Committee, chaired by IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi selected the winners from 311 applications received from 26 African countries.
This is the second iteration of the grants program, which is funded by a four-year, USD 800,000.