
About Ayay Media
Ayay Media was founded in 2015, with an aim of sharing African stories with African children, teachers, educators, parents, and caregivers. The platform will serve as a space for promoting African heritage, culture, and awareness and essentially improve literacy among the continent's children by making available books, animated videos, narratives curated from folklores, riddles, poems based on African communities. The content is currently available in 7 African languages with the aim of scaling up the language options.
ኣያይ ኩባንያ መፃሕፍቲ ቆልዑ
ካብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኵርናዓት ኣፍሪቃ ንዝመፁ ነበረያ ነበረያታት፣ ሓፀርትን ነዋሕትን ታሪኻት፣ እንካ አዝግነኒ፣ ሕንቅልሕንቅሊተያትን ተንቀሳቐስቲ ምስልታትን (ቪድዮታትን) እናዳለና ነቕርብ። ነበረያ ነበረ ኮነ ካልኦት ፅሑፋት ናይ ምፅሓፍ ሓሳባት ንዘለዉዎም ሰባት እውን ነማኽር።
አያይ የልጆች መፃህፍት ኩባንያ
በአፍሪካ ምድር ለሚፈልቁ የተለያዩ ተረቶች፣ አጫጭርና ረጃጅም ታሪኮች፣ እንካ ሰላንቲያዎች፣ እንቆቅልሾችና ተንቀሳቃሽ ምስሎች (ቪድዮዎች)ን እያዘጋጀን እናቀርባለን። ተረት ተረቶችን ሆነ ሌሎች ፅሑፎች የመፃፍ ሓሳብ ያሏቸውን ሰዎችንም እናሳትፋለን፤ እናማክራለን።
We aspire to serve as the venue for sharing lessons and folktales, getting reacquainted to the old learning ways and capturing the lessons from the stories, imparting the wisdom of our ancestors, and keeping the story of the African Continent in the hearts of African children.


Vision Statement
Our vision is to be the premier global platform for sharing the rich and diverse stories of Africa, reaching children in Africa, the diaspora, and all who are captivated by African heritage.
Mission
Our mission is to create an inclusive and dynamic platform that celebrates and shares the rich tapestry of African folktales, stories, and cultural heritage through a variety of multilingual and multimedia options. We aim to serve children in Africa, children of African origin around the world, and anyone with an interest in learning about Africa's diverse and vibrant stories. Through engaging book production, selling, and buying, captivating animations, and innovative multimedia products, we strive to foster a deep appreciation and understanding of African traditions and narratives. Our goal is to inspire and educate the next generation by bringing the magic of African storytelling to life in a way that resonates with audiences everywhere.
Products and Services
Ayay Media is committed to conducting our business in a responsible and meaningful way. We continually work to ensure that we operate in a way that is beneficial to all of our stakeholders—teachers, parents, and schools, our employees, our local communities, and our customers—who contribute to and inform our corporate social responsibility focus.

Digital Books
In the digital era, digital versions of all books ensure versatility. The digital versions are depictions of all the different options

Printed Books
All our books are available in print form for those who enjoy reading the phisical books

Publish Books
Do you have a story to tell to the world, lets help you bring it to life.

Customized Books
Do you want us to use your son's or daughter's name in a book? We have that option. Just let us know. We shall work with you and a printed version of your book will be in your mailbox

Audio Books
Read by children, the elderly, celebrities, and more. They are made available for your children to be used on the go

Riddles and Poems
Africa has a rich tradition which allows social interaction. Wisdom is shared through riddles, poems and stories. This is an interactive platform for all to read and share. Tackle the riddles and share yours for others to tackle

Who What?
Africa, like the rest of the world, is full of history and people the world should know about, good and bad. We select personalities and our historians write about them, in a way our children can understand and learn from.

Languages Offered
Tigrigna, Amharic, Oromifa, English, French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda

Animated Videos
Mostly prepared by our youth in Rwanda, our animated videos mimic reality and promote innovation in Africa.

Translation Service
Bridging cultures by offering expert translation services across diverse African languages. Tell us the language you know so we can reach you when we have something that needs the language.

Illustrations
we work with illustrators to make your book remarkable. If you are an illustrator, tell us and we shall work with you.

Editing
we provide editing services. If you are also an editor, let us know and we shall work with you.
Meet Our Team
The talented professionals who bring our children's books to life, from concept to finished product.
CEO
Story Writers
Editors and Translators
Language Specialists
Illustrators & Graphic Designers
Psychologists
Educational Material Developers
Ayay Forums
Live interactive sessions for children from different parts of the world to engage with each other, share experiences and stories, and also get to learn from accomplished teachers and leaders. These sessions will also serve as a venue for children interested in learning a new African language and hear stories narrated by prominent African figures. Topics for these sessions can range from cultural identity, effective disciplining techniques, to study habits, time management, and anger management, and many other topics as requested! Are you interested in sharing stories? In teaching your language? In sharing worthy wisdom? Do you want to have your children participate in interactive sessions where they will exchange their experiences virtually? Let us know and we shall arrange.
Dr. Alula Teklu
Founder, CEO and AuthorGrowing up in Adwa, Tigray, Dr. Alula Teklu cherished the folktales, music, and riddles shared by elders in his community. This exposure fostered a deep connection to his cultural heritage and wisdom. As a father, he shared these stories with his daughters, inspiring him to create a platform for children to access African stories, appreciate their heritage, learn new languages, and interact with each other.
ዶክተር ኣሉላ መረሳ ተኽሉ ኣብ ትግራይ፣ ከተማ ዓድዋ፣ ኩሎም ቈልዑ ሰፈር፣ ብሓልዮት ጐረባብትን ዓበይቲ ዓዲን እናተኣለዩን እናተገንሑን ዝዓብዩሉ ኣብ ዝነበረሉ እዋን ተወሊዶም፣ ኣብ ሕቝፊ ኣቦሓጎታቶም፣ ወለዶም፣ ኣሓቶምን ኣሕዋቶምን፣ ጐረባብቶምን ማሕበረሰቦምን፣ ምቁር እዋን ቍልዕነቶም ዘሕለፉ ሓኪምን ተመራማሪ ሥነ-ጥዕና ማሕበረሰብን እዮም። ክልተ ደቆም ዓብየን ነበረያ ነበረ ንኸዘንትዉለን ደጋጊመን ምሕታት ምስጀመራ፣ ካብ እዋን ቍልዕነቶም ጀሚሩ ተዓቚሩ ዝፀንሐ ተዘክሮ፣ ኣተዓባብያኦም ዘሕደረሎም ፅልዋን ምስ እቲ ብዙሕ ከየስተብሃልሉ ኣብ ውሽጦም ተቐቢሩ ዝፀንሐ ህያብ ክእለት ምፅሓፍ ዝተዓደሉዎም ኩሎም ፀጋታት ኣወሃሂዶም መፃሕፍቲ ኣብ ምድላው ክጥቀሙሎም ጀመሩ። እዚ ፀጋታት ዶክተር ኣሉላ ናብ ዓብዪ ራእይ ተቐይሩ፣ "ኣያይ" ብዝብል ስያመ ዝፍለጥ ዓብዪ ኩባንያ ብምጥያሽ ነቲ ትካል ብሓላፍነት እናመርሑ ይርከቡ። ዕላማ ኩባንያ "ኣያይ"፣ ፈቖድኡ ቁሸታትን ጣብያታትን ዕድል ስኢኖም ተቐቢሮም ንዝርከቡ ምቁራት ዛንታታትን ትውፊታትን ኣፍሪቃ መድረኽ ኣዳልዩ፣ ብሰፊሑ ተዘርጊሖም ብመልክዓት መፃሕፍቲ፣ ተንቀሳቓሲ ምስሊ (ፊልሚ፣ ኣኒመሽን፣ ካርቱን) . . . ተዳልዮም ከዘናግዑ፣ ከምህሩ፣ ታሪኽ ክነግሩ፣ ክምዕዱ ዕድል ምፍጣር እዩ። እዚ መድረኽ ዝኾነ ይኹን ሓሳብ ንዘለዎም ሰባት፣ ሓሳባቶም ዝገልፁሉ ባይታ ዝፈጥር ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ካብ ዓዶም ወፃኢ ንዝነብሩ ደቂ ስድራ ኣፍሪቃውያን ክረምታዊ ዑደት ዘጠዓዕም እዩ።