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About Us
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History of Mwabu

About Us

  • Mwabu is a technology-based education solutions provider that trains and supports teachers and learners in African primary schools

  • We work in the most challenging of rural areas, providing appropriate technology and innovative solutions to improve learning outcomes

  • We believe affordable solutions and effective data collection and analysis are essential to drive change for lasting improvements

  • Mwabu’s interactive learner content and teacher lesson plans became available in 2014, since when we have sold almost 50,000 licences

  • We also develop digital training solutions across other sectors for any age group

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Our Story

  • We were the earliest developer and deployer of primary school digital educational content in Zambia

  • Mwabu’s interactive learner content and teacher lesson plans became available in 2014

  • We have sold almost 50,000 content licences

  • We work with subject matter experts to develop e-learning for any sector and age group

  • In 2020 our content was updated and rebuilt to make it easier to distribute and reorganise

  • In 2022 iSchool rebranded to Mwabu Education Zambia

  • Our services include teacher training and support, data analytics, surveys, attendance, hardware provision, connectivity and power solutions

  • Pipeline projects include a cost-efficient quick digital assessment solution, early childhood content, focussed literacy and numeracy offerings

Who we work with

  • USAID logo featuring a circular seal with an eagle, stars, and stripes, alongside the text 'USAID FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.'

  • World Vision logo with black text and an orange and white star accent in the top right corner.

  • UNICEF logo with blue text and emblem of a globe and children

  • N50 logo with stylized globe and cityscape design

  • Zicta logo with stylized world map and the word 'Zicta' on a blue background.

  • Logo for Project Luangwa with multicolored dot design and the text 'Project Luangwa' in gray font.

  • Logo of the Africa Foundation featuring a stylized albatross with the word 'Africa' in green and 'foundation' in yellow.

  • Logo of Catholic Relief Services featuring a stylized blue 'C' and the words 'Catholic Relief Services' underneath.

  • Logo of SOS Children's Villages International with blue background and white text

  • Intel logo in blue on black background

  • Logo of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, featuring a crest with a crown and lions.

  • The logo of ZayoHub with black text and a yellow circle in the middle of the letter 'O'.

  • Logo of FSD Zambia with the tagline 'Expanding Financial Inclusion'

  • First Quantum minerals logo

  • Impact Network logo with red background and white text

  • Zambia YWCA logo

  • Start Foundation logo in purple with white text on a white background.

Our Aims

  • Improve educational outcomes

  • Continuously make our solutions more affordable and effective

  • Support teachers to benefit from advances in technology

  • Collect good quality data to inform decisions

  • Provide access to good quality interactive resources and lesson plans

  • Integrate other products and services such as assessments, attendance recording, teacher mentoring and communications

  • Overcome the multiple challenges to deploying technology into rural primary schools

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Our Approach

  • Offer tools and training suitable for large class sizes and low resource settings

  • Provide support for existing teaching systems

  • Match device deployment to school budgets

  • Shared battery operated projectors to enhance use of content on a limited budget

  • Shared tablets on a rotational model where possible

  • Provide high quality curriculum-compatible content and matching lesson plans

  • Purposefully design custom content to match target audience needs

  • Collaborate with subject matter experts

  • All our content is user-friendly and engaging digital courses

  • Our solutions are always as cost-efficient as possible

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Our Operational Model

  • Investment-funded for-profit business

  • Low operational costs

  • Provision of affordable solutions that improve learning outcomes

  • Lusaka team, supported by remote international staff

  • Reliable pool of contractors to extend capacity as needed

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