October 21st, 2024, Nairobi, Kenya To win the Mashujaa wa Kusoma award by Worldreader and the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS), 11-year-old Racheal Nafula, a student from Kibera School for Girls (KSG) SHOFCO, read 1,178 books in three months. Worldreader, which has reached more than 22 million readers globally, and KNLS held a grand celebration … Continue Reading →

Kenya held the first-ever Annual National Reading Day to promote reading and literacy, organized by Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) and Worldreader. July 16, 2024 – Nairobi, Kenya Kenya held the first-ever Annual National Reading Day to promote reading culture, digital skills, and literacy among Kenyans of all ages. The Reading Day was organized by … Continue Reading →

Kenya’s President William Ruto recently traveled to the United States in an event described by the White House as a ‘historic State Visit,’ marking 60 years of official US-Kenya partnership. The State Visit catalyzes stronger partnerships in education through a series of educational and exchange programs, EdTech investments, and digital expansion efforts. We sat down … Continue Reading →

This article highlights emerging findings and implications of Raising Readers, a two-year study conducted by ODI in partnership with Worldreader, and supported by the EdTech Hub.

Our Raising Readers report shows the value of training, teachers, and technology in engaging parents to read at home with their children. Reading at home is more important than ever. The pandemic and resulting school closures in 2021 led us to shift from school-based programs to directly supporting reading in the home using our BookSmart … Continue Reading →

Partnership to see over 2,000 Kenyans access BookSmart app at no data cost for the next three months. March 20, 2024 – Nairobi, Kenya In a joint effort to bring the transformative experience of reading to Kenyan families, Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) and Worldreader, an international edtech nonprofit, have launched an initiative aimed at promoting literacy and … Continue Reading →

In Kenya, a father is helping his two young girls learn to read to give them the opportunities they need to thrive in the future. Setting children up for success takes time, energy, and resources. This is especially true for girls, many of whom do not have access to the same reading and educational opportunities … Continue Reading →

With BookSmart, Nelly dreams big while learning important values. Nelly’s mother, Lydia, had struggled to find suitable reading materials for her young daughter. With the demanding work schedule of running her own store in Kangemi, Kenya, it was hard for Lydia and Nelly to spend quality time reading together. For Nelly, an excited five-year-old who … Continue Reading →