After a long and highly competitive recruitment process, the Injini team has selected Nigeria’s 1 Million Teachers and 5 other Edtech startups, who will embark in a 5-month incubation programme starting next month.
The edtech solutions came out on top of over 500 application originating from 37 African countries – almost 60% of them coming from Africa’s three major markets: Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya.
This year about 25% of the total applications were female-led, a welcomed improvement from the 20% we saw in 2019.
The six EdTech solutions joining us for Cohort 4 are:
- 1 Million Teachers – A blended learning solution for teacher professional development developed in Nigeria and running programmes in 11 African countries
- Ambani Africa – A South African born, gamified early childhood development (ECD) educational application for learning in African languages
- Lumen Labs – A project-based learning solution to enhance Kenyan learners’ critical thinking and digital literacy skills
- Mosabi – A mobile financial literacy application developed in Sierra Leone, that leverages data analytics to drive financial inclusion
- Roundafire – A South African solution that offers a library of interactive e-storybooks in African languages to promote a culture of mother-tongue literacy during ECD
- Smartix Education – A learning platform developed in Ghana with the aim to incorporate digital teaching aids in the classroom.
Injini select cohorts of EdTech startups from across Africa to join us on a 5-month incubation journey – extending funding and dedicated support from industry experts and skilled business mentors. The aim is to support EdTech innovations with high impact potential to ultimately move the needle on quality, access and relevance of education in Africa.
