Enabling education and digital skills

Vodacom provides devices and connectivity to students. We are growing our educational platforms and contributing directly through our digital skills and education initiatives. Students and teachers can access learning resources and classroom collaboration software through our learning platforms. Our school management platforms and digital and connectivity solutions drive efficiency in educational institutions.

Instant Network Schools (INS) Case study INS was set up in 2013 by Vodafone Foundation and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency, to give young refugees, host communities and their teachers access to digital learning content and the internet, improving the quality of education in some of the most marginalised communities in Africa.

VodaEduc in the DRC offers free digital educational content to learners and teachers, with maths, sciences, IT, economics and finance e-curriculum resources (including 2 105 videos, 1 873 subtitled videos, 428 interactive exercises and nine digital classes)

Vodacom's school management solution in South Africa is used by oversight groups to improve education and in quality education input and supplier management. The solution informs policy makers' transformative standards.

Ta3limy in Egypt is a free educational platform for Egyptian K-12 students, parents and teachers. Through content partnerships with Nahdet Misr, Ideas Gym, Little Thinking Minds, Google, artificial intelligence (AI) Mentor and Microsoft, we can provide world-class curricula in crucial and scarce digital, language and soft skills. We support parents through training in positive parenting, cyber security, languages and soft skills. Our support for teachers comprises a comprehensive and holistic professional development platform

Code Like a Girl is a social enterprise providing girls and women with the confidence, tools, knowledge and support to enter and flourish in the world of coding. Code Like a Girl inspires more girls to explore careers that require coding skills to help them enter the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and industries.

In Mozambique, the Faz Crescer initiative, implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Human Development, aims to strengthen the quality of education and increase youth employment through digital inclusion, improved digital literacy, and supply of technologies in public secondary schools

Examples of how we are contributing to the ambitions and targets of SDG 4