EkoPages
Educational platform teaching African children about the SDGs through illustrated stories, courses, and blended learning programmes.
Role
Frontend Developer
Year
2023
Status
Live
Stack
Next.js · TypeScript
Overview
An edtech platform using SDG-themed children's literature to teach environmental and sustainability topics, delivered both online and through physical workshops in schools.
What it does
SDG-themed children's literature library
Interactive e-learning modules
Blended learning — online modules plus physical workshops
Publisher platform for emerging writers
School partnership programme
The hard part
Building an interface that works for very young readers. Most of the decisions came down to reducing the number of things on screen at once.
What it taught me
Culturally relevant content matters more than the feature list when the audience is children.