ECOBANK CELEBRATES ECOBANK DAY 2024 AT MUGABE SECONDARY SCHOOL

Ecobank Tanzania Managing Director, Dr. Charles Asiedu speaks to one of the students during the event.

• Promoting Artificial Intelligence and Digital Skills for Children

Ecobank Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, 19 October 2024 – Ecobank Tanzania, an affiliate of Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, in partnership with Shule Direct has donated 10 computers (desktops), Internet service (wireless), Learning subscription from Shule direct for one-year, Aluminum windows at computer lab, desks and tables for computer lab to Mugabe Secondary School on its annual Ecobank Day.

Ecobank Tazania Managing Director, Dr. Charles Asiedu hands over a reward to the best IT student of Mugabe Secondary School.

Ecobank Day is Ecobank’s flagship social impact initiative led by the Ecobank Foundation on which Ecobank’s employees give back to their communities. The 2024 event was themed ‘Ignite Learning with AI’ and focused on foundational learning and how Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed to improve children's acquisition of basic skills in literacy, numeracy and digital literacy.

Ecobank Tanzania Managing Director, Dr. Charles Asiedu speaks to the students during the event.

Ecobank Tanzania Managing Director Dr. Charles Asiedu, said: “Ensuring that Tanzania children are equipped with basic literacy, numeracy and digital skills at an early age will provide them with the right foundation for their future, help them to thrive at school, gain the skillsets that will prepare them for this rapidly evolving digital age, and broaden their employment and life opportunities".

Mr. Mathew Mchome, Headmaster of Mugabe Secondary School speaks during the event.

“Our Ecobank Day activities saw our employees and management volunteering their time for a range of activities in different communities across Tanzania, including providing computers, laptops, tablets, IT equipment and programmes, subscriptions to online e-books, and working with schools to help improve digital facilities/tuition, and more]. I want to thank our partners who made this day a reality for Tanzania’s children.”

Ms. Iku Lazaro, Co-Founder of Shule Direct, speaks during the event.

The donation and activities align with the second year of Ecobank’s three-year ‘Transforming Africa Through Education’ campaign, and also the African Union (AU)’s declaration of 2024 as the year of education and its theme ‘Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century’, which highlights the importance of integrating technology into foundational learning.

Since its launch in 2013, Ecobank Day has pioneered critical interventions and supported a wide range of deserving causes for different sections of the society. These include Education for young people in Africa (2013); Malaria prevention and control (2014); Every African child deserves a better future (2015); ICT education in schools and improving maternal health (2016); Safe water management (2017); Orphanages (2018); Cancer (2019); Diabetes (2020); Mental health (2021); financial literacy and financial inclusion (2022); and digital education for children (2023).

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Ecobank Tanzania
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About Ecobank Tanzania

Ecobank Tanzania was established on 19th January 2010. It is licensed and supervised by the Bank of Tanzania. The Bank has its Head Office located at Acacia Building, 84 Kinondoni road, and has five branches, eight ATMs, more than 900 Xpress Point agents (Wakala), and serves numerous customers through its Consumer, Commercial and Corporate banking divisions. The Bank is 99 per cent owned by Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the pan-African financial conglomerate headquartered in Lomé, Togo, which operates in 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Ecobank Group also has a banking license in France and representative offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Beijing, China; London, the UK and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The Group offers a full suite of banking products, services and solutions including bank and deposit accounts, loans, cash management, advisory, trade, securities, wealth and asset management. ETI is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchanges in Lagos, the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, and the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières in Abidjan.

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