CcHub and Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Programme 2024

Waized January 18, 2024

CcHub and Mastercard Foundation are partnering to empower edtech startups who are building tools that enhance learning outcomes and accelerate access to equitable and quality education for Africa’s next generation.

The program provides a unique opportunity to collaborate with a network of experienced professionals with the same goal: to drive innovation in the edtech sector. You will get hands-on mentorship and resources to help you get your startup to the next level.

Start your journey to success by indicating your interest in the program! Application Deadline: February 17, 2024

Startups that make it into our accelerator programme enjoy the following benefits:

Equity Free Funding

Qualified startups are entitled to $100k in equity free funding over the course of the accelerator programme

Support & Mentoring

Startups can tap into our multidisciplinary experts for design, product, and tech optimization.

Investor Network

Startups, through this programme would be exposed to investors to help scale their products

Support & Mentoring

Startups can tap into our multidisciplinary experts for design, product, and tech optimization.

Eligibility

Startups must be Africa focused and incorporated in Nigeria. They should be building solutions that address challenges across K-12, tertiary education and vocational skills training.

Your Edtech Solution must possess these two qualities:

· Must have verifiable users aligned with our accelerator’s focus: education access, student learning, school management, and teacher/trainer effectiveness.

· Applicants should have a balanced team, passionate about education. Female founders of EdTech solution companies are strongly encouraged to apply

Applications will be reviewed in 3 stages:

1. Interested innovators are to apply below. In this stage, the Edtech solutions will be assessed on the following criteria

· Problem/Solution Fit

· Founder Potential

· Business Model Fit

· Traction

2. Selected EdTech solutions from the first stage will be assessed based on the following criteria

· Scalability

· Long-term

· Plan/Vision

· Competitive Advantage

· Team Potential

3. The final stage will be an interview with applicants who have successfully gone through the assessment stage. A final selection will then be made, subject to due diligence.