Pan-African bank Ecobank has partnered with Google to keep children learning during the Covid-19 pandemic and make sure that they are safe whilst surfing the net. Ecobank serves about 20 million customers in the consumer, commercial and corporate banking sectors across 33 African countries.
As the coronavirus continues to disrupt lives around the world, Ecobank has committed to help raise awareness of locally relevant, globally applicable and accredited literacy and learning apps supporting parents’ efforts to educate their children at the comfort of their homes.
“We believe that children are Africa’s future. At this unprecedented time, it is more important than ever that parents use technology to help their children continue to learn and improve their knowledge,” said Nana Abban, head of consumer banking at Ecobank.
The apps are now available for download from Google’s Play Store platform at no cost and include speech-based reading, play-to-learn techniques, spelling and reading skills and fun games to help the children practice what they have learnt. To help keep children safe online, Google also hosted an ‘Online Safety for Families & Parents’ webinar on YouTube.
“Countries across Africa have historically had limited access to educational platforms. We are leveraging our distribution network to make access to education as easy as the tap of an app, keeping children educated and enlightened at the same time, whilst also keeping them safe online.” Said Abban.
