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Opera (OPRA), one of the world’s leading browser providers, and international nonprofit organization, Worldreader, are expanding access to ebooks for children and students via the Opera Mini browser during the coronavirus outbreak.

Publishers in African countries have started to experience the advantages of digital technologies, like learning from data and reaching broader and more diverse audiences across borders.

We are thrilled to celebrate International Literacy Day 2019 by announcing that, so far in 2019, more than 1.6 million people have been reading online books in more than 52 languages with Opera Mini and Worldreader.  This marks a major success in our joint effort to bring free e-books to people around the world. In … Continue Reading →

ICT innovators and entrepreneurs should take advantage of the Smart Alliance Africa Agreement ratified by 24 countries to expand their businesses. ICT Cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru says the agreement will see member states abolish roaming charges and lower internet prices.

African publishing is gaining a higher global profile early in 2019. Numerous African writers are getting the star treatment from top publishers abroad for their latest works.

The Anasoma Research has presented initial findings of the first sprint of the Anasoma Research aimed at identifying barriers of and drivers to female mobile readership in Kenya.

"African mobile users have spent an average of over four million hours reading books on their mobile phones so far in 2018, representing a 32% increase from 2017. This is according to a survey conducted by Web browser company, Opera Mini, in partnership with global literacy non-profit, Worldreader, in light of World Literacy Day on 8 September."

African mobile users spent more than four million hours reading books on their mobile phones in 2018. This milestone represents an increase of 32% from the same time period last year. These findings were announced by Opera and Worldreader.

This report by Worldreader and the Kenya National Library Service shows the success of LEAP 2.0 and how the national scale-up of project LEAP provided librarians across Kenya the opportunity to put their unique spin on a digital reading project.