For many adolescents and young adults, education remains out of reach: the nearest university is hundreds of kilometres away and the cost of books, tuition fees, and transportation is unaffordable. Other barriers, such as conflicts or a shortage of teaching staff further impede access. In Africa alone, more than 20 percent of 15- to 24-year-olds are unemployed, often due to a lack of vocational qualifications—girls and young women are particularly affected. The BMZ's digital learning platform atingi aims to change this.
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
One way to promote equal opportunities is through digitalisation: more and more learners in Africa are using smartphones to access online educational offers. With over 550 public courses available in 27 languages, more than 1.3 million people worldwide are using the digital learning platform atingi.
One of them is Efo Korku Mawutor, a journalist from Ghana. He wanted to tell his stories not only with words, but also through movies. Searching for courses in audiovisual storytelling, he came across the ‘Digital Film School Africa’, whose training programme for young filmmakers is accessible online via atingi.
Our approach
The digital learning platformatingi.org offers people in the partner countries of German development cooperation exactly the knowledge modules, orientation offers and learning materials that are needed locally and fit the economic and cultural needs. Through digital learning with atingi, young people are given the opportunity to tap their full potential, acquire new skills, and significantly improve their chances on the local job market.
In loading this video you are accepting the privacy policy of YouTube. Further information you find in our privacy policy.
What we offer
atingi enables access to high-quality digital learning content anytime, anywhere and GDPR-compliant, while being free of charge for partners and learners. The courses are offered on a Moodle-based platform and can be accessed via PCs, smartphones or tablets. With the atingi app for Android, courses can even be downloaded and completed offline.
There are currently more than 550 courses on atingi.org, using a wide variety of learning formats. Many courses can be completed by learners in self-study via video modules, texts, playful elements, and even quizzes. In addition, atingi also offers tutored courses and so-called ‘blended learning’ formats that combine digital learning and face-to-face events. After completing the course, participants receive a digital certificate to prove their participation.
Our partners
Currently, more than 250 active GIZ projects also use atingi for their digital learning offerings. In order to reach learners effectively and offer relevant content, the project cooperates with companies and organisations from politics, business, civil society, and science, such as the German Siemens Foundation, and the Green Innovation Centers in the agricultural and food sector. The Smart Africa Secretariat, an association of 30 African digital ministries, is an important strategic partner for the implementation of the project.
Current status
We have now reached a total of over 27 million people with atingi and are pleased to have about 1,350,000 registered users, that completed almost 4 million learning units. atingi supports courses in more than 27 languages, including Arabic, English, French, Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Our goal
We have already surpassed the goal to reach 1.315 million registered learners by the end of 2025 and reach a share of female users of 40 percent (currently at 41.6 percent). In addition, we want to bundle all BMZ digital education offerings on atingi and attract additional donors.
New projects can use atingi as a learning platform to access existing infrastructure, learning content and expertise. atingi provides the building blocks for implementing digital learning offerings quickly, effectively and cost-efficiently—license-free and in compliance with data protection requirements.
For existing projects, atingi offers the possibility to make learning content available to a larger user group and to continue to use it, thus achieving significantly greater reach.
