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Ubongo Seeks Return of Children’s Education, Entertainment on TV

Ubongo, Africa’s leading edutainment company has called for the return of the children’s education and entertainment belts on Nigerian television and radio stations.
The pan-African social enterprise made this call at the commencement of its capacity building initiative in Lagos with the Abuja session scheduled for Thursday, October 7, 2021.
Tayo Olaniyan, Country Representative, Ubongo, who made this call during the “Storytelling for Change” workshop for broadcasters, educators and content providers for children programmes, noted that there is currently a dearth of educational content in Nigeria which the return of the children belt on radio and television can begin to address.
He stated that in line with Ubongo’s mission to reach children everywhere with edutainment, the firm is partnering with key players across the broadcast industry to drive the reach of its relevant African centric entertaining entertainment and educational content. He added that Ubongo will continue to seek opportunities to contribute and support efforts aimed at scaling the capability of broadcasters to develop local entertainment content across Nigeria.
On the workshop, he remarked, ” We are sharing our expertise with the Nigerian broadcast industry as key partners; we want to inspire a lot more creativity for education and entertainment interventions by broadcast houses within the country, and we’re advocating for the return of the children’s belt on television and radio.
According to Cliodhna Ryan, Head of Education and Research, at Ubongo, “The interactive workshop is a platform to share human-centric insights, discuss the role of educational media in keeping children learning and best practices for designing media-based learning for kids and youths.”
She explained that the firm seeks to use the opportunity of the workshops to take broadcasters through Ubongo’s process of human-centred design so that they can co-create content with children. She said, “As co-creation partners, we don’t believe in creating content as adults in isolation, we believe that children are a key part of the creation process. For this course, we’re taking them through our storytelling for change approach.”
She stated, “We believe that stories are powerful and that children learn best when they’re entertained. So, the key to educating a child through mass media is to ensure that they’re highly engaged in what they’re watching or listening to. For this reason, we use stories, songs and games for children to be active listeners and viewers when they’re engaging with the content rather than passively receiving the content.”
Also speaking on the project, Iman Lipumba, Director of Marketing and Communications, Ubongo, reiterated that the firm’s objective is to create fun, localised and multi-platform educational media that reaches millions of families through accessible technologies noting that Ubongo creates engaging and locally relevant edutainment for African learners.
She revealed that through its multi-platform and fun learning programmes, “Ubongo Kids” and “Akili and Me,” Ubongo is helping millions of kids find the fun in learning through whatever technology they have, whether radio, TV, mobile, web and even offline using SMS based systems.
Studies show that Ubongo’s programmes significantly improve school readiness and learning outcomes for kids and also promote social and behavioural change for kids, caregivers, parents, and educators.
By leveraging localised media on accessible technology, Ubongo has created an extremely cost-effective and high-reach solution to help close the literacy gap for millions of children at the base of the pyramid in Africa.
The workshop continues in Abuja on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Chelsea Hotel and will draw participants from across the northern region of the country.

ABOUT UBONGO
Ubongo is Africa’s leading edutainment company, creating fun, localised and multi-platform educational media that reaches millions of families through accessible technologies.
Our programs significantly improve school readiness and learning outcomes for kids, and also promote social and behavioural change for kids, caregivers and educators.

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