Our team recently travelled to Dublin to join our long-standing partner, Camara Education, for an event showcasing their ongoing work to improve access to digital education across Africa.
The event was a great opportunity to connect with the Camara team, hear about their latest initiatives and see some of our technology supporting their educational programmes, including a demonstration of their new offline AI learning tool, COAT.
Seeing COAT in Action
One of the highlights of the event was a demonstration of COAT, Camara’s new offline AI learning tool, running on laptops refurbished by Vyta.
Developed to support education in areas with limited internet connectivity, COAT gives teachers access to AI-powered resources, including lesson planning and educational content, without needing an internet connection. The demo showed how our second life technology could make a real difference in classrooms across Africa.
It was great to get down to Dublin, meet the Camara team and learn more about the work they’re doing. I enjoyed getting to step into the role of a teacher in Ethiopia and seeing how COAT could prepare a Year 11 biology lesson completely offline. Seeing it all happen on laptops we’ve refurbished at Vyta made the experience even better and really showed the value technology can have beyond its original use.
– Alex McKinlay, Marketing Executive at Vyta
Continuing Our Partnership with Camara Education
Our partnership with Camara goes back several years, with a shared focus on extending the life of technology and improving access to digital education.
Together, we have supported initiatives providing refurbished IT equipment to schools across Africa, including an earlier project supporting e-learning opportunities for students in Ethiopia.
Through our CSR Donation Programme, customers can also choose to donate some or all of the resale value of their retired IT assets to support Camara’s educational initiatives.
The event was a valuable opportunity to see how Camara continues to develop its programmes and how refurbished technology can support new approaches to learning.
Thank you to the Camara team for inviting us. We look forward to continuing our partnership and supporting greater access to digital education across Africa.
