ReadBuddy (Rising Hope Girls Educational Foundation)

ReadBuddy was crowned the winner of the AI for People category at the AI for Good Impact Awards 2026\[reference:25\]. Powered by speech recognition and natural language processing, the platform provides real-time personalised feedback that adapts difficulty to each learner's level\[reference:26\]. With an offline-first architecture, it has reached more than 1,200 students and 1,000 instructors across Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory\[reference:27\]. After six weeks of use, participating learners' reading accuracy went from 58% to 83%\[reference:28\]. The 2026-2027 growth plan aims to reach another 40,000 learners and 5,000 teachers\[reference:29\].