Founded in 2000, Mango Tree has developed a strong reputation for its innovative products and consulting services for grassroots education and communication projects.

What makes us unique?

• Many of our products are made from locally available resources like grain sacks, flip flop material, bottle tops, etc. They are extremely durable and easily replicable by educators in the field.
• We provide employment for a wide range of small-scale artisan groups in the manufacture of our educational tools. Many of our contractors belong to marginalized groups like the disabled, HIV+ people, and women.
• We are a Ugandan-owned company. We believe that our country needs a strong private sector to thrive and we are committed to being a model business that has a triple bottom line: profits, people and planet.
• Our staff of creative, young Ugandans develop culturally relevant tools and messages that resonate with grassroots educators whether they are primary school teachers, community health workers, or agricultural extension agents.
• We believe in encouraging and strengthening literacy in local languages. We translate our products into multiple local languages. We also make language-neutral products that can be used in many language contexts.
• Our products and services are designed to encourage fun, participatory learning. We are challenging the educational status quo, which is lecture-based, teacher-centered, and focused on rote memorization.

Why "Mango Tree"?

The shade of a mango tree is a traditional village meeting place and classroom in Uganda. We chose the name Mango Tree for our business because our products and services are specially designed for rural communities in Africa and because we want to appreciate and support the best of traditional African culture in our work.

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