BEFIT Malawi: Building Education Foundations through Innovation and Technology

World Bank EduTech Podcast

In today's episode, we will discover the transformative impact of Building Education Foundations through Innovation and Technology (BEFIT), a pioneering initiative revolutionizing early grade reading and numeracy in Malawi.

Robert Hawkins, Global Lead for Technology and Innovation in Education at the World Bank, speaks with Joshua Valeta, Director of Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL), in the Ministry of Education in Malawi, Antoine Chigeda, Executive Director of Imagine Malawi, and Joe Wolf, CEO and Co-Founder of Imagine Worldwide. Join our discussion to find out this project's unique aspects, the main challenges of the initiative, and the ecosystem's pivotal role in its success.

BEFIT Malawi project overview: https://www.imagineworldwide.org/wp-content/uploads/Malawi-Project-Overview-General-2-27-23.pdf

A recent video on BEFIT in Malawi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY5GJJvvL6E

More about Imagine Worldwide: www.imagineworldwide.org

About the Ministry of Education of Malawi: https://www.education.gov.mw/

A podcast produced by ⁠⁠Lucía Blasco⁠⁠.