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Airtel Africa, UNICEF Commit $57m To Digital Education

by Royal Ibeh
2 years ago
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Airtel Africa, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has doled out $57 million into educational programmes, in its relentless pursuit of a better future for African children through the provision of access to digital education.

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CEO of Airtel Africa Plc, Dr Segun Ogunsanya, made this commitment at the opening of a two-day conference in Nairobi, Kenya, last week where executives of Airtel Africa and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) convened to discuss implementation of the landmark partnership across 13 out of Airtel’s 14 markets. 

Ogunsanya reflected on the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on education in Africa, leading to school closures, and charged the participants to continue to work closely with stakeholders, especially, the governments and educational authorities, to ensure that children, mostly, vulnerable children in remote communities, are given the opportunity to learn.

He acknowledged challenges faced in the implementation of the partnership in some of the 13 African countries, and urged governments of affected countries to support this important initiative. 

As a leading telecommunications company in the region, Airtel Africa is using its unique insights to stand up for the children of Africa’s right to education and equality of opportunity. 

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Ogunsanya reiterated Airtel Africa’s corporate purpose of transforming lives and pledged that the organisation will continue to champion the quest for bridging the digital divide and promoting financial inclusion.

Also welcoming the participants, the deputy regional director of UNICEF, Lieke van de Wiel, described the Airtel Africa/UNICEF partnership as an important collaboration of private and public sectors, aimed at putting children at the heart of their learning, and changing the narrative in education after years of loss during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

She commended Airtel Africa for coming on board and encouraged the participants to seize the moment by sharing experiences and exchanging ideas and learnings on how best to implement the initiative.

In 2021, Airtel Africa and UNICEF signed a landmark partnership committing to provide access to quality education for more that one million children by connecting schools to the internet and providing access to zero-rated educational platforms in 13 African countries.

 


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