Hadithi! Hadithi!

Target SDGs

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

eLimu eLearning

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include M-Shule, M-Lugha, and Eneza Education.

Manufacturing/Building Method

N/A

Intellectural Property Type

Trademark

User Provision Model

The app can be downloaded directly from Play Store.

Distributions to Date Status

As of 2020, the app has been downloaded by more than 10,000 users.

Design Specifications

Hadithi! Hadithi! is a literacy app for 5-7-year olds in 5 African languages in Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia. The app incorporates various stories that promote reading among children aged between five and seven. The stories incorporate comprehension, spelling, and letter-tracing exercises and they are familiar stories written by local teachers and use contextualized illustrations. This approach helps students learn to read faster than using traditional approaches. Users can download the app from the Play Store or even access the web-based version using any browser. Once installed, users are able to go through various hundreds of stories that incorporate practice exercises on their own. It works perfectly offline to cater for people in low connectivity areas. The app is available as Hadithi! Hadithi! in Kiswahili and Story Story in English, and can be downloaded from the Play store depending on the language of interest. Other languages are Lugbarati and Somali which are also available as different apps.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

Provided by the app manufacturer.

Replacement Components

N/A

Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

The app aims to teach children how to read and increase the speed of learning.

Vetted Performance Status

A survey by eLimu found that children who have access to the app tend to learn how to read four times faster compared to those who don't.

Safety

No known safety hazards are related to this product.

Complementary Technical Systems

None

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

The complies with the Kenyan Institute of Curriculum requirements for grade 1 for English and Swahili.

Evaluation methods

The app is evaluated for the increase in learning speed.

Other Information

Videos of the app can be found here. News article about Hadithi! Hadithi!