About eTALE Africa

eTALE Africa supports teacher learning in sub-Saharan Africa through open, evidence-based digital materials for literacy, mathematics and early childhood education.

eTALE Literacy

Teacher eLearning Africa initiative (eTALE Africa) enhances teachers’ skills to teach literacy in local languages in sub-Saharan Africa by developing a comprehensive eLearning environment.

eTALE Maths

The eTALE Maths strengthens teachers’ ability to teach basic maths skills in sub-Saharan Africa through evidence-based instructional practices.

eTALE Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)

The eTALE Early Childhood Education improves teachers’ understanding of the critical role early years play in child development.

Developed through a consortium of experts in literacy, maths and early childhood education

The joint eTALE Africa project brings together experts in literacy, maths and early childhood education (ECEC) from Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Finland.

The partners are:
• Archbishop Mihayo University College of Tabora (AMUCTA), Tanzania
• Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), Kenya
• University of Namibia, (UNAM), Namibia
• Centre for promotion of literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa (Capolsa) at the
Department of Psychology, University of Zambia (UNZA)
• Niilo Mäki Institute, (Niilo Mäki Foundation, NMF), Finland
• University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• University of Helsinki, Finland

The eTALE Africa project is administered by Niilo Mäki Institute (NMF) and co-funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and Niilo Mäki Institute (NMF).

Current project team by country

Finland

Kenya

Namibia

Tanzania

Zambia

Team members from previous projects