In partnership with UNICEF and the Zambian Ministry of General Education, we have adapted our lessons for radio broadcast, as an emergency response to school closures due to COVID 19. The initiative is aimed specifically at supporting vulnerable children in hard-to-reach places that have no access to internet services or television.
In partnership with UNICEF and the Zambian Ministry of General Education, we have adapted our lessons for radio broadcast, in order to reach large numbers of learners during school closures. The project began as an emergency response to school closures due to COVID 19, aimed specifically at supporting vulnerable children in hard-to-reach places that have no access to internet services or television.
Phase 1 of the project has involved the adaptation and recording of lessons for radio broadcast for learners in grades 1 to 7. Content for the last five weeks of Term 1 and the first three weeks of Term 2 was identified and compressed into one lesson per week across three subject areas: Mathematics, Literacy and Integrated Science. Lessons for grades 1 to 4 were translated into the seven official local languages: Bemba, Tonga, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Kaonde and Nyanja.
Since the shows commenced airing in July, more than eighty programmes have been broadcast by each of ten different radio stations, located across ten project districts. A selection of these radio stations will soon run live radio shows. This will provide real-time feedback from the community.
Our implementing partners have reported that the programmes have been greatly appreciated: communities have requested that the shows be repeated, and parents have asked that the programmes continue, even in the absence of COVID-19.
Ian McFadyen, the CEO of Mwabu Zambia, attended a State House trade investment round table on 21st March 2023. The delegation, led by Karen Taylor of Invest Africa, compromised nine companies representing the Energy, Mining, Education, Infrastructure and Logistics sectors, among others. Zambia’s business-friendly environment and stable governance generated much investor interest.
Mwabu is pleased to share that we were an award winner at the Techtrends Zambia Awards ceremony for the Year 2022.
Mwabu was honoured to have been part of the official opening of the 10th edition of the Innovation Africa 2022 Ministerial Summit. The summit was officially opened by His Excellency President Hakainde Hichilema on 16th November 2022. The three-day summit hosted over 300 delegates from across Africa and other parts of the world, the first of its kind in Zambia.