Software developed to help children around the world to teach themselves reading, writing and arithmetic – and backed by academics at The University of Nottingham – is joint winner of a multi-million dollar competition funded by the US technology entrepreneur Elon Musk.
The onecourse software developed by the UK non-profit organisation onebillion and team KitkKit School were jointly announced as the grand prize winners of $10 million purse in the Global Learning XPRIZEat a ceremony in Los Angeles on Wednesday 15 May.
The competition involved an unprecedented field trial in Tanzania that was carried out by the Tanzanian Government, UNESCO and the World Food Programme.
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