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Project start date: 1/1/2006
Young African Express
Kenya
Young African Express is a magazine providing relevant and practical skills-focused learning for upper primary and secondary students in Kenya.
Scaling
1-3 years
Last update: October 05, 2023
Challenge
There was a need for relevant and practical skills-focused learning materials for upper primary and secondary students in Kenya. Traditional textbooks and materials were insufficient in providing up-to-date facts, information, and innovations.
Description
Young African Express is a magazine that conducted a baseline survey in 150 Kenyan primary schools in 2005. After distributing six issues in 2006, the impact on literacy, reading comprehension, summarizing, writing, time spent reading, reasoning/problem-solving skills, and general knowledge scores was significant.
SDGs
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![DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiebucket.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fassets%2Fimg%2Fsdg%2F08-decent-work-and-economic-growth.png&w=256&q=75)
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Skills
Outcomes
Young African Express increased its circulation by 66% in the last three years to meet increased readership demands. The magazine's production expanded to Uganda and Tanzania. It has sold more than 400,000 copies since 2006 and reached more than 1 million readers, with aims to reach 15 million African youth. Subsidized copies are provided for students in government-sponsored schools enrolling low-income households. Service organizations like the Peace Corps use the magazine in their teacher curricula.