NABU’s low-bandwidth reading app offers books to the 250 million children in developing countries who have virtually no access to books in a language they speak or understand. NABU’s goal is to transform the mobile reading app into a powerful learning engineering tool that accelerates children’s literacy gains and can be scaled quickly to support millions of children with the culturally appropriate resources they need to learn to read, on devices they already have access to at home.
Tanyella Evans
Co-Founder & Executive Director, NABU
Tanyella was formerly Executive Director at Artists for Peace and Justice, and worked at the Campaign for Female Education. Tanyella has over 15 years of experience in global education and leads the design of NABU’s literacy programs. Her work has been recognized by the International Literacy Association and the U.S. Library of Congress. Tanyella was named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30” in 2017, is an Echoing Green Fellow and Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award recipient.