eKitabu Monthly Newsletter August 2026
Dear Friends, I am thrilled to share with you news of this year’s record-breaking success of Digital Essay Competition (DEC), which received over 24,900 entries—by far the highest in its history.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter July 2026
Dear friends, At this year's Nairobi International Book Fair, 23–27 September at Sarit Expo Centre, eKitabu will host a rich programme designed for children, young adults, writers and readers, from the youngest to high school students.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter June 2026
Dear friends, There is a particular kind of joy that readers know — the moment a book you love resonates for someone else, out loud, in the same room.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter May 2026
Dear friends, DEC 2026 is finally here. This year, we are exploring an open theme with the prompt: Let me speak…. Students are invited to respond to the theme in the following languages: English: Let me speak… Kiswahili: Niruhusu nizungumze
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter April 2026
Dear Friends, The Africa Forward Fest , a collaboration between Alliance Française and eKitabu , will take place from 7–9 May 2026 at Alliance Française de Nairobi.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter March 2026
Dear Friends, We will announce the shortlist for the 2026 Prix de l’Édition Jeunesse Africaine on 15th April onstage at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair—grazie mille! to Director Elena Pasoli and our friends at BCBF! We will make the announ
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter February 2026
Dear Friends, Our latest publication, Born at the End of the World by Donica Merhazion, is a co-publishing project between Catalyst Press and eKitabu’s adult literature imprint Mvua Press .
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter January 2026
Dear Friends, On February 14th in Nairobi, in collaboration with Starehe Boys’ Centre and the Manu Chandaria Foundation, we will launch the first-ever Starehe Boys’ Centre Reading Festival.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter December 2025
Dear Friends, 2026 is taking shape. We are honoured to announce the publication of Born at the End of the World by author, teacher, and storyteller Donica Merhazion.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter November 2025
Dear Friends, Mvua Press , eKitabu’s imprint for adult literature, has completed our first year! Last year, we embarked on a journey to publish African authors.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter October 2025
Dear Friends, The literary landscape is undergoing transformation. This year, literary event and book fair organizers in Nairobi—with more than major 6 fairs and festivals in 2025—created unique and impressive experiences.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter September 2025
The Nairobi International Book Fair is back, an amazing time to be a book lover in Nairobi! Happening from 24 th to 28 th this month at Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi International Book Fair 2025 will bring together publishing professionals, au
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter August 2025
Dear Friends, From 22-25 July, we were pleased to participate in the mEducation Alliance STEMtastic Adventures! Africa 2025 Symposium with the African Union Development Agency–New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD).
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter July 2025
Dear Friends, On 28 th June at the Sarakasi Dome in Ngara, Nairobi, Mvua Press released an all new, third edition of After 4.30 , a boundary-breaking work of fiction originally self-published in 1974 by David Maillu, banned in Tanzania an
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter May 2025
Dear Friends, In May, as Kapsabet Boys High School celebrated 100 years of academic excellence and nation building, eKitabu was honored to be part of this historic milestone by launching the Digital Essay Competition (DEC) 2025 and particip
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter April 2025
Dear Friends, Around the world, less than 2% of the world’s 34 million deaf children have access to learning in sign language. 95% of deaf children have their first exposure to a sign language when they start school.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter March 2025
The impact of AI on learning is growing. Teachers everywhere face challenges coping with, controlling, and integrating AI in learning, both on the level of theory and of practice. In our team we’ve experimented with AI extensively.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter February 2025
Dear Friends, In 2024, we launched our 33-month project with the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge Innovation Exchange (KIX): Scaling Inclusive Early Learning with Deaf Children .
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter January 2025
Dear Friends, Happy 2025! As this new year unfolds, the writer’s journey, its many roads and seas, fascinates us, writers and readers alike, with fresh insights—and present day perspectives on our work, on impact, and sustainability.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter December 2024
Dear Friends, On Saturday 30th November, we joined author Empress Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki for a memorable yellow party launching her fifth book, NaiRobbery Cocktail —and celebrating her 50th birthday—with fellow writers, family members, frien
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter November 2024
Dear Friends, For families of deaf children, a lifelong learning journey has its many challenges. Parents struggle to communicate with their children amidst feelings of isolation, frustration, and misunderstanding in and outside the home.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter October 2024
Dear Friends, Every October, the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) in Germany brings together publishers, agents, scouts, librarians, consultants, service providers, authors, and industry professionals from around the world.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter September 2024
Dear Friends, In September, we participated in two major events that were both, to borrow a phrase, friends of the book: Macondo Literary Festival and Nairobi International Book Fair (NIBF).
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter July 2024
Dear Friends, Thank you to everyone who joined us on 29th June at Alliance Française Multimedia Library for our Audiobooks launch featuring Goretti Kyomuhendo, Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki, Scholastica Moraa, and Lesalon Kasaine, all self-published
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter June 2024
Dear Friends,Thank you to everyone who joined us on 8 th of June at Limuru Girls School, Kiambu, Kenya for the Digital Essay Competition (DEC) 2024 Secondary School launch event . Special thanks to the school principal, Mrs.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter May 2024 Georgine Auma and Vincent Odhiambo of eKitabu accepting the top Innovation Award at inABLE
Dear Friends, Since 2018, Studio KSL in eKitabu has developed over 300 sign language video storybooks across 7 different African sign languages.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter April 2024 Enter to Win Digital Essay Competition 2024
Dear Friends, Every year around this time in Kenya, eKitabu launches the Digital Essay Competition (DEC). This year marks the 12 th edition since its beginning in 2013 and for the first time, we are introducing two questions in response t
eKitabu monthly newsletter March 2024
Dear Friends, In March, our team participated in two events, the London Book Fair and the annual Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) in US.
eKitabu monthly newsletter February 2024 publication
Dear Friends, The annual Digital Essay Competition (DEC) is on again in 2024 in Kenya. We're currently developing questions for learners to share their ideas and perspectives through essays in the following categories: Kiswahili, English,
Happy Holidays from eKitabu
Dear Friends, As we come to the end of 2023, the eKitabu team in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi, US, and the other places where eKitabu colleagues are, wishes you peace ending this year and new beginnings in 2024.
eKitabu monthly newsletter november 2023 publication
Dear Friends,In October, we participated in the first ever conference in Africa of the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI) . It was in Nairobi.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter October Edition
Dear Friends, We extend our gratitude to all those who joined us at the Nairobi International Book Fair (NIBF) from 27 th September to 1 st October. This year at NIBF, eKitabu was bustling with new and exciting experiments.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter September 2023 - Nairobi International Book Fair
Dear Friends,We are pleased to share with you the press release that we are shipping today to friends and colleagues on the continent and the wider publishing community with the Kenya Publishers Association and the African Publishers Networ
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter August 2023 - Nairobi International Book Fair 2023
If you're a book lover or passionate about publishing and works that bring stories and voices of Africa to us all, you won't want to miss the 24 th Nairobi International Book Fair (NIBF) from Wednesday 27 th September to Sunday 1 st October
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter July 2023 Edition
Dear Friends, As many who are familiar with Rwanda know, the last Saturday of every month is Umuganda , when all people countrywide work together in their communities.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter June 2023 Edition
Dear Friends, Saturday 3 rd June 2023 was a big day. Thank you to everyone who joined us on 3 rd June in Kenya at Alliance Girls High School, Kiambu County, to launch Digital Essay Competition (DEC) 2023.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter May 2023 Edition
Dear Friends, In April, Mercy Kirui and I attended The London Book Fair (LBF). There we met many publishers large and small and rights professionals from all over the world.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter April 2023 Edition
Dear Friends,In Kenya, the annual Digital Essay Competition 2023 kickoff is here with us again, now in its eleventh year. eKitabu invites all upper primary and secondary school learners in all schools, mainstream and special schools, public
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter March 2023 Edition
Dear Friends, In February, eKitabu team members participated in the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference in Washington, D.C., together with colleagues from Royal Kentalis Foundation and Deaf Child Worldwide.
eKitabu Monthly Newsletter February 2023 Edition
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eKitabu Tunaenda Digital Newsletter December 2022
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In November in Washington, D.C. our Studio KSL team shared experiences digging into how to improve learning outcomes for deaf children through Kenyan Sign Language at the 12 th annual mEducation Alliance Symposium.
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Dear Friends, In Tanzania as in many places, the lack of accessible teaching and learning materials for learners with and
Take a look at eKitabu Tunaenda Digital Newsletter August 2022 edition
Dear Friends,In Tanzania as in many places, the lack of accessible teaching and learning materials for learners with and without disabilities is a common barrier to inclusive and equitable quality education.
Take a look at eKitabu Tunaenda Digital Newsletter July 2022 edition
Dear Friends,Thank you to everyone who joined us in launching the 10th annual Digital Essay Competition (DEC) on 18 June at Kangundo DEB Primary School in Machakos County. For hosting us, we warmly thank the Principal of Kangundo DEB, Mr.
eKitabu Tunaenda Digital Newsletter June 2022
Dear Friends,In May, we held a hands-on workshop with local publishers to build accessible digital content together in Blantyre, Malawi.
eKitabu Tunaenda Digital Newsletter May 2022
Dear Friends,It’s time for the tenth annual Digital Essay Competition (DEC) in Kenya! eKitabu invites all upper primary and secondary school students in Kenya to submit their essays online at essay.eKitabu.com for the following categories:
eKitabu Tunaenda Digital Newsletter April 2022
Dear Friends,From 7 th April for one week, Rwanda commemorates the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Rwandan colleagues have flexibility in this time for activities in their community or family.
eKitabu Tunaenda Digital Newsletter March 2022
Dear Friends,In February 2022, we held a Virtual Connect for feedback from Kenyan headteachers and teachers in mainstream and special needs schools.
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