Hubtel, a leading bulk messaging and e-commerce platform provider has donated ICT equipment to five schools in the Greater Accra Region as part of the company’s social responsibility commitments.
Hubtel is Ghana’s first tech company to become a member of the globally acclaimed Pledge 1 percent in 2017.
By this, Hubtel pledged to give 1 percent of profits, 1 percent of products and 1 percent of paid employee time towards charitable causes.
According to the founders of Pledge 1 percent, the initiative is a global movement to create a new normal in which giving back is integrated into the DNA of companies of all sizes.
The items donated to the five schools included laptops, projectors, projector screen stands, speakers, microphones, internet routers, and other computer peripherals.
The schools were selected by employees of Hubtel after several visits to understand the challenges the schools face in the teaching and learning of information technology subjects.
The first donation at the St Paul Primary & Junior High School, Kpehe – Accra New Town, was received by the assistant headmaster of the school. Also present were the Chairperson of the PTA and a section of the school pupils.
Making the donations at St Paul Primary & JHS, Alex Bram, CEO of Hubtel emphasized that: “We [Hubtel] ultimately want to transform the time for teaching and learning ICT into one filled with memorable moments and lots of fun.
School children should not be intimidated by technology. What we are doing is to provide early access to quality computer education for these pupils. We wish to see more school children take computing programs at higher levels because we believe the illiterates of the future will be people who cannot use computers”.
Other schools that received similar donations were Liberty Avenue 2 JHS at Adabraka, Dr FV Nanka-Bruce Junior High at Korle-Gonno, the Nima Cluster of Schools and the Bethel AME Zion JHS at Ashaiman.
Assistant Headmaster at the St Paul Primary and JHS Michael Owusu, speaking to Citi Business News s after the donation said: “It really feels special. For more than three years, we’ve made frantic efforts to acquire these items with little success. Now, our pupils can have a real chance to understand better what they are taught. This is a moment of pride for us”.
Hubtel was founded in May 2005 on the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
In its 14 years of operation, the company has carved a reputation as a trusted and admirable tech brand across Africa.
Starting with a bulk SMS messaging platform, the company has evolved into the e-commerce space – offering businesses tools to enhance the customer shopping experience; in-store, online and on mobile.
In becoming a signatory to Pledge 1%, Hubtel joined the ranks of Silicon Valley giants like Salesforce, Yahoo, Box, Glassdoor, DocuSign and other leading companies in over 100 countries.
