Implementing the MsingiTek Tablet Program
Program Overview
MsingiTek is aligned with the Tanzania Government’s commitment to improving the foundational literacy and numeracy skills of all primary school learners. The tablet program will serve ~18,600 students across 62 public primary schools by the end of 2025. The goal is to serve 533 schools/~145,000 students by the end of 2026, with an eye to potential, eventual national scale.
TEDI is working in partnership with Imagine Tanzania to implement the MsingiTek literacy and numeracy tablet program, in collaboration with MoEST, TAMISEMI, TIE (Mainland), MoEVT, NECTA, and ZIE (Zanzibar).
Why
Basic reading and math skills are the building blocks for all other learning — they also improve a child’s long-term health and wealth and benefit future generations.
The MsingiTek tablet program is massively scalable, evidence-based, and closely aligned with Tanzania’s official education plan, which focuses on foundational learning for youth and digital skill development for students and teachers.
The Solution
MsingiTek uses the onecourse software, developed by onebillion, which has been reviewed and approved by the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) and the Zanzibar Institute of Education (ZIE).
The program uses a tablet-based, adaptive learning software that supplements teacher instruction within the national curriculum and timetable. Each child uses a tablet for ~30 minutes per day, receiving personalized lessons in reading, writing, and math. Tablets can be rotated among up to five students per day. Tablets are designed to function without internet connectivity and are solar-powered.
Going Forward
The tablet program is coordinated and supported by a coalition of partners including the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) and the President’s Office – Regional and Local Government (PO-RALG), and Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) Zanzibar, Tanzania Education Institute (TIE), NECTA, and Zanzibar Education Institute (ZIE) in collaboration with international NGO Imagine Worldwide, software developer onebillion, and local implementation providers Asante Africa Foundation, Camara Education Tanzania, Milele Zanzibar Foundation, Right to Play, Tanza Education, and Tanzania Enlightenment Development Innovations (TEDI). Funding for the initial rollout phase is provided by international private philanthropy.
In its initial rollout year (2025), the program is being implemented in five Mainland regions—Manyara, Morogoro, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, and Tabora—as well as in both islands of Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba), reaching a total of 62 schools and approximately 12,000 children.
The 2026 target is to expand to 533 schools—500 in Mainland Tanzania and 33 in Zanzibar—serving approximately 100,000 children, with a strategic vision for eventual nationwide scale.
