At this year’s Mobile World Congress, held from February 26 to 29 in Barcelona, Spain, 41 sessions focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) were held. Drawing over 90,000 attendees, this global event helped many take a deep dive into AI and the growing interest in its impact and potential to change lives.

Nairobi, March 26, 2024: Powerhive, a leading provider of renewable energy and electric mobility solutions, has announced its strategic partnership with 4G Capital, a pioneering asset financing company, to accelerate the adoption of electric mobility solutions in Kenya. By combining Powerhive’s expertise in electric mobility with 4G Capital’s innovative financing solutions, the two companies aim to make electric motorcycles more accessible and affordable to underrepresented riders across Kenya.

According to UNESCO, the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 is dependent on opportunities and challenges posed by technology, with technology appearing in six out of the 10 targets on education. The implication of digital technology is that education systems have begun producing enormous amounts of data.

April 3, 2024 – The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning is launching new, multi-year partnerships with five additional tech hubs in Africa to implement the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. Launched in 2020, the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is an entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to support promising, African EdTech ventures.

London, UK – 15 April 2024. Leading research and advisory firm, Caribou Digital, proudly announces the release of its latest publication, The Platform Livelihoods Project, a pioneering collection of studies on pervasive digital marketplaces, some conducted in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and others with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The study examines the sprawling digital economy and highlights the urgent need for a safer, more inclusive environment.

As part of strengthening and enhancing the quality, accessibility, and resilience of higher education in Ethiopia, the e-SHE program, a partnership between the Ministry of Education, the Mastercard Foundation, Arizona State University, and ShayaShone, successfully established five state-of-the-art multimedia studios in public universities across Ethiopia, known as ‘Resource Centers’.

Many of the major problems facing educators today, in Africa and around the world, revolve around student motivation and engagement. In several African countries, this is reflected in a need to go beyond the “chalk-and-talk” style that has been in use for decades to achieve robust engagement in young minds.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – June 7, 2024 – Sahara Consult has named the 10 homegrown Tanzanian EdTech companies that will be accelerated as part of its inaugural partnership with the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. 

The Fellowship is an acceleration program designed to support promising African EdTech ventures in partnership with innovation hubs and accelerators across the continent.

Cairo, Egypt – June 6, 2024—EdVentures, the investment arm of Nahdet Misr Group and the leading EdTech venture capital firm in Egypt and the MENA region, has announced its inaugural cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, a three-year entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to support promising African EdTech ventures. The fellowship will impact 36 start-ups in Egypt over the period.

Abuja, Nigeria, July 15, 2024 — About 600 stakeholders from over 30 countries in Africa and beyond came together from July 8 to 10 at the inaugural Mastercard Foundation EdTech Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, to discuss education technology for resilient and inclusive learning in Africa. Participants reached a consensus that integrating technology into learning systems in Africa is now a necessity, not a luxury.