Shikha Goyal

Ubongo creates top-quality, localized edutainment to help Africa's 500 million kids learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives. Our vision is to equip Africa's next generation with the educational foundation, critical skills, and positive mindsets to change their own lives and communities for the better. Over 32 million families in Africa learn with our edu-cartoons and radio programs, and we're rapidly growing across the continent. We build collaborative "Ubongo Impact"​ partnerships with those who share our mission, and want to reach and positively influence families across Africa. Leading changemakers can use Africa’s favorite cartoons to deliver life-changing messages to millions of kids & parents across the continent. Together we're building brains and building change, through human-centered research, content co-creation, distribution to millions of families, and rigorous impact evaluation. Research shows that watching Ubongo's edutainment leads to significantly improved learning outcomes for kids and positive behavioral change for caregivers. REACH: 32M Households monthly (and counting!) EFFECTIVENESS: 12% increase in school readiness of viewers LANGUAGES: Full Languages: English, Kiswahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Chichewa, Kinyarwanda, Kikuyu, Luo, French Partially Adapted: isiZulu (health & numeracy content), seSotho (health & numeracy content) Language inclusivity: Launched 1 season in Kenya Sign Language COUNTRIES: Broadcasting on TV in 41 countries in Africa, and online around the world. Check out our shows! AKILI AND ME - www.youtube.com/akiliandme UBONGO KIDS - www.youtube.com/ubongokids Connect with us for insights on media for development, social and behavior change communication, and educational technology! Building brains. Building change.

Global Schools Forum (GSF) works to strengthen global education through supporting non-state organisations in developing countries who serve children from low-income backgrounds. We are a membership organisation united by a common vision of a world in which all children are able to access quality education. Our network of 66 member organisations spans 51 countries across Africa, Asia and South America, and collectively run or support 30,000 schools which provide education to over 5 million children. Our main areas of work include: LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT: We provide opportunities for our community of school leaders to collaborate and learn from one another, as they confront shared operational and pedagogical challenges. We curate an annual programme of events and training, and develop associated toolkits and resources. We make informal connections to other members and external partners, including potential funders and collaborators. POLICY & PARTNERSHIPS: We represent the voice of our members - and the wider non-state sector - in global education policy processes, and to key international organisations such as the UN system and donor agencies. We also support members and local partners to undertake their own policy and advocacy work at country-level. IMPACT & INNOVATION: We support members to develop, test and scale education innovations, through providing funding and technical assistance. We connect them with mentors, other innovators, governments, and funders to support their journey to scale. We use the evidence from this process - and the broader evidence base - to help inform global, national, and local decisions about which education interventions to fund, when, and how. To find out more about membership – or opportunities to collaborate with us – please contact info@globalschoolsforum.org

SPARK Schools is a network of private schools offering tech-abled globally competitive education.

With education underpinning every girl's future, Nia endeavours to educate and provide aspiring girls with, -Power of choice -Right to opportunity -Realise potential Nia delivers on this vision by raising funds to financially support deserving girls across the world and mentor them to pursue their dreams.

Imaginable Futures is a global philanthropic investment firm that believes learning has the power to unleash human potential and aspires to provide every learner with the opportunity and the tools they need to imagine, and to realize, a brighter future. By taking a systems approach to solving complex education challenges, Imaginable Futures works across public, private and social sectors to bring to life transformational ideas across local, national and global contexts for learners of all ages. With a deep commitment to on-the-ground partnership and co-creation with those we serve, Imaginable Futures is empowering learners, families and communities to be the changemakers of the future. Established in 2020 and managed by a global team, Imaginable Futures has invested more than $200 million in 100 partners across Africa, Latin America, and the United States, as well as in India with our sister organization, Omidyar Network India. Imaginable Futures is a venture of The Omidyar Group, and is founded and funded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar.

Ubongo creates top-quality, localized edutainment to help Africa's 500 million kids learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives. Our vision is to equip Africa's next generation with the educational foundation, critical skills, and positive mindsets to change their own lives and communities for the better. Over 32 million families in Africa learn with our edu-cartoons and radio programs, and we're rapidly growing across the continent. We build collaborative "Ubongo Impact"​ partnerships with those who share our mission, and want to reach and positively influence families across Africa. Leading changemakers can use Africa’s favorite cartoons to deliver life-changing messages to millions of kids & parents across the continent. Together we're building brains and building change, through human-centered research, content co-creation, distribution to millions of families, and rigorous impact evaluation. Research shows that watching Ubongo's edutainment leads to significantly improved learning outcomes for kids and positive behavioral change for caregivers. REACH: 32M Households monthly (and counting!) EFFECTIVENESS: 12% increase in school readiness of viewers LANGUAGES: Full Languages: English, Kiswahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Chichewa, Kinyarwanda, Kikuyu, Luo, French Partially Adapted: isiZulu (health & numeracy content), seSotho (health & numeracy content) Language inclusivity: Launched 1 season in Kenya Sign Language COUNTRIES: Broadcasting on TV in 41 countries in Africa, and online around the world. Check out our shows! AKILI AND ME - www.youtube.com/akiliandme UBONGO KIDS - www.youtube.com/ubongokids Connect with us for insights on media for development, social and behavior change communication, and educational technology! Building brains. Building change.

Global Schools Forum (GSF) works to strengthen global education through supporting non-state organisations in developing countries who serve children from low-income backgrounds. We are a membership organisation united by a common vision of a world in which all children are able to access quality education. Our network of 66 member organisations spans 51 countries across Africa, Asia and South America, and collectively run or support 30,000 schools which provide education to over 5 million children. Our main areas of work include: LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT: We provide opportunities for our community of school leaders to collaborate and learn from one another, as they confront shared operational and pedagogical challenges. We curate an annual programme of events and training, and develop associated toolkits and resources. We make informal connections to other members and external partners, including potential funders and collaborators. POLICY & PARTNERSHIPS: We represent the voice of our members - and the wider non-state sector - in global education policy processes, and to key international organisations such as the UN system and donor agencies. We also support members and local partners to undertake their own policy and advocacy work at country-level. IMPACT & INNOVATION: We support members to develop, test and scale education innovations, through providing funding and technical assistance. We connect them with mentors, other innovators, governments, and funders to support their journey to scale. We use the evidence from this process - and the broader evidence base - to help inform global, national, and local decisions about which education interventions to fund, when, and how. To find out more about membership – or opportunities to collaborate with us – please contact info@globalschoolsforum.org

SPARK Schools is a network of private schools offering tech-abled globally competitive education.