[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI0ODAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIyNzAlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGVm9JbEJGUlV6RVUlMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4lM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Belarusian programmers went to Africa to research illiteracy there and to create an electronic tutorial that will teach children languages without the help of teachers and without access to the Internet. It will be done through games.
This is how they came up with a mobile app Nalanga for tablets. It has a chance to receive the award of $ 1-10 mln in international competition Global Learning XPRIZE.
To make the tutorial easier for African children, two members of the Belarusian team of developers, Alyaksey Kruchanok and Siarhey Nyakhaychyk used their money to go to Tanzania, where people speak Swahili.
Maasai tribe filmed with hidden camera
Within three weeks, Belarusians visited different parts of the country and videotaped the whole trip. In an interview with Belsat, The film director Katsyaryna Markavets noted that she became interested in Africa after she watched on Belsat the “African Dominoes” story by Artsyom Lobach.
Alyaksey Kruchanok told Belsat that in Africa they realized that education center there should be within a family or village.
The textbook is not only in Swahili, but also in Belarusian
The guys are currently negotiating with the schools of the Minsk region the development of an application for teaching Belarusian, English languages, and mathematics. They get assistance from the High-Tech Park incubator and the National Institute for Higher Education, for which programmers are very grateful.
Winner will receive $ 10 million
The Global Learning XPRIZE competition is held by a nonprofit X-Prize Foundation, which supports the revolutionary innovations improving quality of life in different parts of the world. The fund exists for the money of private donors and corporations. The board of trustees includes such famous people as James Cameron.
Five semi-finalists receive will $ 1 million, and the winner — $ 10 million. The textbook prototype is to be presented in January 2017.
Inga Astraucova, belsat.eu
