OUR HISTORY
Kajou, a social enterprise born of an emergency
Climate change, forced migration, growing inequalities, our world is facing major challenges, and everywhere, the issues linked to education and knowledge sharing are becoming absolute priorities for building more inclusive and resilient societies.
But there's a big problem: 50% of the world's population has no access to a quality Internet connection. One human being in two does not have the capacity to search or access online information, training resources or cultural content. There is an urgent need to reduce this gap, which with the arrival of 5G is widening between the connected and the disconnected.
THE NGO Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (BSF), the organization behind Kajou, has been working for 15 years to provide access to knowledge for vulnerable populations, from refugee camps to isolated rural and urban communities. BSF now works in 30 countries and has helped over 1.5 million people since its creation.
Drawing on this experience and its work on offline internet technologies, BSF decided in 2019 to create a social enterprise dedicated to creating and distributing educational and informative content directly to the phones of populations with little or no internet connection. Thus was born Kajou.
Our know-how
We produce customized
e-learning content
Our know-how in the production of local, entertaining and attractive digital content is unique in West Africa.
We create AI Assistants in local languages
We train AI models with local resources to offer virtual assistants that support learning and professional practices.
> Discover our AI assistants
We distribute these resources to the last km, even without Internet
Thanks to Kajou MicroSD cards that fit into your phone, all our content and AI are available without an internet connection.
We are knowledge activists
We are convinced that access to quality information, education and leisure content is a prerequisite for empowering people and building less unequal, fairer and more inclusive societies.
Within the next 10 years, we want to give 10 million people in West Africa with little or no Internet access the means to inform, educate and develop their professional activity thanks to tailor-made content with a strong social impact.
To better understand our approach to impact, visit the "Social Impact" section of our website and discover our latest impact reports.
We were born in Senegal and proudly bear the values of Teranga!
SENEGAL
Kajou Senegal
Ouakam, Mamelles lot number 49, TF 451, Dakar
IVORY COAST
Kajou Ivory Coast
Abidjan, Marcory Zone 4/C Rue du 7 décembre
FRANCE
Kajou
8 rue de Valmy, 93100 Montreuil, France
They support us
OUR INVESTORS
OUR PARTNERS
