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New apps for children's education

Audio 48:30

Contest Challenge App © RFI - Graphic Studio

By: Emmanuelle Bastide

2 mins

Program on the occasion of the announcement of the winner of the sixth edition of the Challenge App Afrique RFI / France 24. A program co-presented with Julia Sieger, journalist at France 24. 

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The covid-19 pandemic has had a serious impact on education systems around the world.

If the closure of classes has had dramatic effects in terms of learning and school dropouts, this health crisis has also shown that simply reopening them would not be enough.

It is in this context that

organized by RFI and France 24 has chosen for its 6th edition to reward a project in favor of education.

A competition that highlights digital innovations to help improve educational tools for students or parents. 

With :

Pierrick Chabi

, member of the Jury of the 6th edition of the Challenge App Afrique.

Founder and president of

, a start-up that develops technologies and content combining creation on paper and digital with the aim of moderating children's exposure time to screens while promoting their imagination. 

Carole Rokotondrainibe

, member of the Jury of the 6th edition of the Challenge App Afrique.

Director of

, based in Madagascar, the entrepreneurial platform of the Pan-African group

, which supports project leaders in their development, in order to consolidate the national and regional entrepreneurial fabric.

Filip Kabeya

, member of the Jury of the 6th edition of the Challenge App Afrique.

Initiator of the

Founder of the

Democratic Republic of Congo and of the

in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 

Christelle Hien-Kouame,

winner of the

 2021 with her platform

, allowing access to the school program in the format of course summaries by chapter and by subject, followed by a series of multiple-choice questions to assess the learner's understanding.

Reports produced by 

correspondents on the 3 finalists and their projects  

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