Kenya: Longhorn Publishers Rewarded at the eKitabu Content Development Challenge

Pan-African publishing house Longhorn Publishers PLC, a leading provider of innovative learning solutions in Africa, was named 2nd Runners Up in this year’s eKitabu Content Development Challenge held at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) on the 30th of July 2019.

At the ceremony, Longhorn won the Best English Title for The New School, 2nd position for Ben and his toys and 5th position for Where is My Bag. Under the Kiswahili category, Longhorn scooped 2nd position for Darasani and 4th position for Familia yeti. Best Overall titles received KES 300,000 while KES 225,000, KES 175,000, KES 125,000 and KES 75,000 went out to positions two to five respectively.

The Content Development Challenge is an initiative by eKitabu aimed at empowering learners with disabilities to access quality reading materials as well as encourage publishers to develop inclusive quality reading materials for all students.

The digital learning content distributor conducted hands-on training with publishing teams and content developers for over nine months, equipping them with open source tools and the know-how on how to make their content accessible. Entries from publishers were reviewed according to the Content Development Challenge accessibility scorecard that eKitabu developed with input from experts in global standards for accessibility, including Benetech and DAISY Consortium.

Present at the event was Chief Guest, Fredrick Haga OGW, Director of Special Needs Education in the Ministry of Education. Director Fredrick emphasized on the need for all content developers to adopt born accessible publishing practices that will enable them to produce quality early grade digital reading materials that are accessible for all learners including learners with disabilities, leaving no one behind.

For more information about Longhorn Publishers PLC, please visit: www.longhornpublishers.com.

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