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African Storybook Network of Open Orgs’ Collaborative Project:

30 May 2022

As a result of the activities on the continent, it has the following outputs: • 224 sub-Saharan African languages resources; • 7,383 translations in sub- Saharan African languages; • 3,178 unique storybooks; • A story development app (the African Storybook Maker); • A reading app (the African Storybook Reader); • Translation and adaptation tools; and • Guides and video guides.1 (last updated: 8th. [...] Figure 1 African Storybook website In 2021, the African Storybook Maker won the Tech4Good Award in Education and it was the ‘Winner of Winners’. [...] The award statement highlighted the beneficial characteristics of the Maker app to boost children's interest in their literacy; it has proven invaluable to target children and provide them with a creative and fun way to publish their own stories. [...] These examples assist the team in finding out how children are reacting to the stories and how use of the storybooks encourages them to love reading and improve their reading and writing. [...] The Android downloadable version of the Maker app has more than 5,000 downloads and the Android downloadable version of the Reader app has over 10,000 downloads.

Authors

OER Africa

Pages
7
Published in
South Africa