For over 15 years, Asante Africa Foundation has been working in the most rural communities across Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. These indigenous communities face numerous challenges from basic necessities to infrastructure. Most classroom lack access to the Internet and technology in general. At AAF, we believe that all students should have access to a quality education, which is why we built this innovation to shatter barriers to education in rural East Africa. Our mission with this innovation is to unlock youth potential and power 21st century success - anywhere. Where Internet fails, opportunity often fades - and our communities often lack reliable Internet infrastructure. So we created a low-cost, offline first solution packed with locally relevant, skills based learning. Our devices are loaded with Kolibri, a cloud based, open source learning management system preloaded with locally relevant, government approved curriculum. After turning on a tablet or a laptop, our youth can access offline, high quality lessons, digital games, and coding platforms like SCRATCH and Python that come alive at their fingertips. For our youth, technology and Internet access is no longer a barrier to achieving and gaining 21st century skills.
Picture a rural classroom buzzing with energy: youth tapping on tablets and laptops loaded with Kolibri, a cloud-based, open-source LMS preloaded with locally relevant, government-approved curriculum. No internet? No problem. Offline, high-quality lessons, digital games, and coding platforms like SCRATCH and Python come alive in their hands. Students dive into challenges, create businesses with enterprise tools, and sharpen critical skills—creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, computational thinking. Learning becomes a vibrant, hands-on experience, tailored to their world yet opening doors to a global future. In practice, our innovation transforms dusty, disconnected classrooms into hubs of 21st-century opportunity, ensuring rural youth aren't left behind—they're launched forward.
A new era of education is accelerating. As AAF scales, Kolibri’s offline-first platform is being systematically replicated through strategic partnerships, formal government collaboration, and catalytic donor investment. Ministries across our three countries have formally endorsed our competency-based model. In Uganda, specifically, a five-year MOU authorizes national deployment, recognizing our curriculum as child-safe, conflict-sensitive, and future-ready. In Tanzania and Kenya, AAF has a mandate to operate in all counties. Together, we are operationalizing a scalable, tech-enabled solution for equitable education in underserved regions.
Modification has been minimal beyond expanding the number of devices and replicating our implementation across countries.
Contact Asante Africa Foundation to access our Kolibri platform and locally adapted curriculum. We’ll guide you through the learning channels and technical setup, from preloading content to configuring offline access on tablets or computers. We can also engage our graduates/alumni for a demonstration of a scalable learning solution—no internet needed.
