Comundos

Name

Comundos

Legal name

Comundos vzw

Website

https://comundos.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Comundos is a Belgian non-profit founded in 2014 that operates a multilingual digital storytelling platform connecting young people worldwide. It produces short voiced photo movies, podcasts, and media literacy training across 17 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Storytelling and Media Literacy Education

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPACALAE

Microlearning & Short-Form Lesson Platforms

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Online Learning Content Platforms (Creator-Led Courses)

SECONDARYMPACALAD

Workshops, Webinars & Live Masterclasses

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Online Learning Content Platforms (Creator-Led Courses)

SECONDARYEDANADAH

Project-Based Learning & Presentation Coaching

Education/Tutoring & Test Preparation/Homework Help & Study Skills Coaching

Keywords

• Digital storytelling
• Media literacy training
• Nonprofit education
• Intercultural dialogue
• Digital inclusion

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Comundos is a non-profit organization that relies on donations and support for its operations. Funding supports computers, translations, courses, and social media management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Comundos is a Belgian non-profit that produces and distributes short digital stories (voiced photo movies of up to 3 minutes) and podcasts created by young people, primarily from the Global South. The organization delivers digital storytelling workshops/courses and media literacy training programs to schools and social organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, complemented by a multilingual content platform (Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish) hosting its library of stories.

Product overview

Comundos is a Belgian non-profit organization that operates as a media platform connecting young people worldwide through digital storytelling. The organization's core offering consists of Digital Stories (short voiced photo movies of up to 3 minutes combining pictures with voice-over narration), Podcasts (audio content covering social and environmental topics), and Digital Storytelling Courses (workshops teaching participants to create their own video content). Comundos also provides Media Literacy Training to help people develop critical awareness and use communication technology constructively. The platform organizes content across multiple categories including Citizenship, Cultural Identity, Education, Environmental, Gender, Organization, People and Migration, Productive Projects, and Rural Development, covering stories from countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Stories Short voiced photo movies of up to 3 minutes combining pictures with the author's own voice-over narration. This accessible method can be used without internet connectivity and is suitable for analysis and reflection on themes such as citizenship, cultural identity, education, environment, gender, migration, and rural development. Designed for schools, NGOs, and young people in the Global South.
• Podcasts Audio episodes covering topics such as climate change, vicarious trauma in interpreters, school closures in Cameroon, and the Western Cape water crisis, featuring interviews and discussions hosted on Spotify and the Comundos website.
• Digital Storytelling Course A workshop program teaching participants how to write inspiring stories, master video production, take good photos, and create their own digital stories. 600 people worldwide have attended this course.
• Media Literacy Training Training programs that help people make use of ICT and social media tools, focusing on critical thinking, emancipation, identity cultivation, and constructive use of communication technology. Targeted at schools, social organizations, and young people.

Quantifiable outcome

• 600 people worldwide have attended Comundos workshops

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• GRIS EvergemminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024GRIS (Gemeentelijke Raad voor Internationale Samenwerking) is the Municipal Council for International Cooperation in Evergem, Belgium. They provide annual resources for emergency aid and grants to approximately 15 projects in the South. They work with Comundos on film projects where Southern partners determine the narrative.
• VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree master students from VUB interned with Comundos in 2024, providing high-quality translations in Spanish, French, Dutch, and English. They contributed to Comundos' global network and operations.
• PerMondominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerMondo is an initiative providing free translations of web pages and documents for non-profit organizations. Translator Sofia Matos and reviewer Danilo Tavares contributed Portuguese translations for Comundos content.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pulitzer Center: Pulitzer Center funds global journalism and media-literacy curricula for schools, often featuring underrepresented stories. It is comparable in its mission to bring Global South storytelling into educational contexts.
• Global Voices: Global Voices is a larger, established international citizen-media network producing translated stories from contributors across the Global South. It is comparable as a multilingual platform amplifying voices from the same regions Comundos serves.
• Mozilla Foundation (Web Literacy / Media Literacy): Mozilla's media and web literacy initiatives run global programs teaching critical engagement with digital media. Comparable mission to Comundos' media literacy training, with far greater funding and reach.
• PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs: PBS SRL is a major media-literacy program training middle and high school students in video journalism. It is comparable to Comundos' educational mission, though operating in U.S. classrooms rather than the Global South.
• Internews: Internews is an international media-development NGO supporting independent media and information access worldwide. It operates at a much larger scale but overlaps with Comundos in building media-literacy capacity in the Global South.

Direct peers

• Witness: Witness trains activists and community members worldwide to use video for human rights storytelling and media advocacy. It overlaps with Comundos on the use of short video to amplify marginalized voices, though with a rights rather than literacy focus.
• StoryCenter: StoryCenter (formerly the Center for Digital Storytelling) pioneered the digital storytelling method using short first-person photo/voice films. It is the most direct methodological and mission-aligned peer to Comundos.

Others

• Sounds True: Sounds True publishes multimedia educational content including spoken-word audio and courses for personal/social development. It overlaps with Comundos on the audio/podcast educational content side, though as a commercial publisher.

Emerging players

• The Moth: The Moth centers short first-person storytelling as a craft and educational tool. While primarily performance-based, its storytelling-for-empowerment ethos and global workshop program make it a comparable peer in the storytelling-as-education space.
• Slam Out Loud: Slam Out Loud uses arts (including spoken word and storytelling) to empower youth from underserved communities in India and beyond. It overlaps with Comundos on using creative expression to build voice and identity in young people from the Global South.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Comundos_org
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8_tirsIulCwgjf619aCXkg
• Facebookfacebook.com/comundos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/comundos

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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