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Faraja Nyalandu

Executive DirectorShule Direct

Biography

Faraja is a resourceful social entrepreneur passionate about developing cutting edge social and educational programs that support children and women’s development. In 2013, she established Shule Direct, a thriving not for profit social enterprise providing comprehensive web and mobile educational platforms offering national curriculum based learning content across multiple subjects to over a million in and out of school youth. It is the official e-learning content provider in public secondary schools (Government owned) in Tanzania.
Faraja is an elected Chairperson for the Tanzania Education Network, the official national education CSOs network. Recently, she was elected to the Board of the Global Campaign for Education representing the Africa region. She is also a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader.

Regional Focus

Eastern and Southern Africa