These new Africa 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 Africa 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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Dubai
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Nemashakwe
Masvingo
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Kigali
Leaver: ‘A Fresh, Innovative, Entrepreneurial Approach’
Welbeck Publishing Group, in announcing the creation of a standalone subsidiary to publish its titles directly into the Australia and New Zealand markets, features a partnership with Booktopia, the Australian digital book retailer.
In today’s media messaging from Welbeck in London, it’s reported that Booktopia has taken a 25-percent stake in the new Sydney-based business, as it extends its investment in publishing, following a recent integration of Brio Books earlier this year and the creation of Booktopia Editions in 2019.
Welbeck also has announced the creation of a local Australian and New Zealand publishing program devised to publish up to 50 titles per year. That new program is expected to publish fiction, narrative nonfiction, children’s books, and a small range of illustrated and gift titles.
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