Ghana gets more local digital content for children with launch of ‘Ananse the Teacher’ app
Tigo Digital Changemaker and Technology enthusiast, Josephine Marie
Godwyll, has launched an ambitious app which harnesses local folklore to
engage children in mathematics, science, technology, engineering, arts
and mathematics.
The colourful and engaging Ananse the Teacher app, a great addition
to local content for children in Ghana works on android and provides
relevant local examples of various experiments found in the basic
curricula of the Ghana Education Service.
Speaking at the launch of the App at the Bishop Bowers School in
Accra, Josephine explained that after years of volunteering to teach
basic schools in rural Ghana, she wanted children to have local examples
that they could easily understand and relate to.
“Ananse was such a popular character in local stories when I was
growing up, I found him in local books and my best memories were stories
from my grandmother. What we have done with this app is continue with
the Ananse stories and experiments in a much more engaging way and
allows children to participate in the activities.
Commending Josephine and her team of volunteers, the Director for
Corporate Affairs at Tigo, Gifty Bingley, said such local contents were
great for digital inclusion. She highlighted the several innovations
from the Tigo Digital Changemakers programme that were contributing to
digital innovations.
Educationist and Founder of Trainers at the GATE Institute, Anis
Haffar, encouraged parents and teachers to teach children about safety
while they are online.
Josephine was the co-winner for Tigo’s 2015 Digital Changemakers
competition. As part of her prize package she won GHS 70,000 and
continues to get support and guidance from Tigo and international NGO,
Reach for Change.
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