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title: edX, Facebook to partner to create free social education mobile app for students in Rwanda
description: Cambridge-based online education nonprofit edX is partnering with Facebook, other companies and the government of Rwanda to launch SocialEDU, a pilot initiative that will give students in the African
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# [edX, Facebook to partner to create free social education mobile app for students in Rwanda](https://press.edx.org/edx-facebook-to-partner-to-create-free-social-education-mobile-app-for-students-in-rwanda)

 Written by [edX Press](https://press.edx.org/author/press) | February 24, 2014

Read this Article from Matt Rocheleau on Boston.com:  
[edX, Facebook to partner to create free social education mobile app for students in Rwanda](http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/harvard/2014/02/edx_facebook_to_partner_to_create_free_social_education_mobile_app_for_students_in_rwanda.html)

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