LEAP (Libraries, E-Reading, Activities & Partnerships) brought Worldreader’s digital reading platform to 61 Kenya National Library Service (knls) public libraries, contributing to Kenya’s Vision 2030, achieving national scale and laying a foundational model for replication globally.

This report by Worldreader and the Kenya National Library Service shows the success of LEAP 2.0 and how the national scale-up of project LEAP provided librarians across Kenya the opportunity to put their unique spin on a digital reading project.

In Kenyan libraries, Worldreader and knls’s LEAP program highlighted five key insights for moving from pilot to country-level scale and that can contribute to strengthening an effective ecosystem of technology-enriched educational programs.

This report describes the research process, methodology and critical findings that enables Worldreader, and others, to positively influence gender norms and stereotypes by exposing users to empowering content on applications.

Opera and digital reading non-profit Worldreader have joined forces to understand how women in Africa use mobile internet. Two studies undertaken by the organizations have found that women in Africa use mobile internet to empower and entertain themselves.

Inmates at the Kakamega GK prison are among groups targeted to benefit from the E-learning programs funded by WorldReader. Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) who is implementing the program said the initiative seeks to offer digital books that are within the set curriculum.

The Kenya National Library Services got a boost after Worldreader, US-based organization, donated 3000 e-readers.

Hear what co-founder David Risher has to say about the Digital Reading Summits in Accra, Ghana and Nairobi, Kenya.

Until very recently, Margret was illiterate. Margret went back to school just a few years ago, at an adult education center and even though she had never learned to read or write, she quickly became the center's top student. The center was so impressed that they decided to offer Margaret a teaching job. But books are scarce and expensive where Margaret lives. That's why she uses Worldreader on her mobile phone to teach her students, to read and to read with her own children.

Worldreader, a global literacy nonprofit organization, has organized the Digital Reading Summit for the past two years in Africa. The purpose of this conference is to bring together publishers, e-reader project managers, educational professionals, non-profit organizations, and government officials, interested in building the future of digital reading.

On the e-reader launch day, we were treated to this adorable performance by the girls at the Kibera School for Girls.

Libraries in Kenya using Worldreader e-readers with free ebooks saw monthly visits triple, revitalizing those libraries as hubs for information and knowledge.