A Scalable AI Education Program for West Africa
Project Status:
In Implementation
Funding Theme:
Quality education
Country:
West Africa
Project Duration:
2022 – 2030
Target Group:
Schoolchildren
Direct Beneficiaries:
By 2027: 2 million – By 2030: 10 million
SDGs:
- No poverty (SDG 1)
- Quality education (SDG 4)
- Gender equality (SDG 5)
- Decent work and economic growth (SDG 8)
- Reduced inequalities (SDG 10)
- Peace, justice, and strong institutions (SDG 16)
- Partnerships for the goals (SDG 17)
Access to high-quality education is unattainable for the vast majority of children in West Africa. RORI is an AI-powered chatbot that offers personalized math lessons for in- and out-of-school children via WhatsApp and Facebook.
Implementation:
- RORI asks students practice questions and understands their answers
- Students progress at their own pace and in their own language
with a personalized avatar
- Difficulty level increases automatically
- Audio curriculum library for explanations
- High-quality, high-dose tutoring and additional learning time
Results 2024:
- A total of 35.9 million messages were exchanged
- Update to RORI 4.0
- Over 130,000 students reached (!) in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Rwanda
- Evaluation conducted by JPAL and the University of Oxford in Ghana
- Rori users improved their math scores by 9.2 percentage points compared to 4.1 percentage points for non-users
- Improvement in effectiveness
