🌍 2024 HolonIQ Sub Saharan Africa 50
The 2024 Africa EdTech 50 recognizes innovative learning, teaching, and upskilling startups in Sub-Saharan Africa. This year’s cohort is dominated by content-driven EdTech solutions, addressing the pressing need for accessible, high-quality learning materials.
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The 2024 Africa EdTech 50 recognizes innovative learning, teaching, and upskilling startups in Sub-Saharan Africa. This year’s cohort is dominated by content-driven EdTech solutions, addressing the pressing need for accessible, high-quality learning materials. The list includes startups supporting digital transformation in African schools, reflecting the continent's commitment to expanding access and improving education quality through tech-driven curricula and modernized infrastructure. Direct-to-consumer platforms, such as Gradely and Semicolon Africa, make up 60% of the cohort, capitalizing on strong consumer demand and established mobile infrastructure. While Nigeria remains a significant player with a 34% share, the increasing EdTech ecosystem across the continent.
Read the full analysis on our website and delve deeper into the trends shaping the future of education and workforce upskilling in the region. Customers can analyze the complete list on the platform here.
💪 Power Moves
🦾 Emerge closed a $73M fund formation round to invest in up to 27 startups that provide solutions related to learning and the future of work.
🤖 Cornerstone and Meta have partnered to improve workforce training by leveraging AI and XR technology and making immersive learning more accessible to enterprises.
💰 The UK Government has announced an increase in tuition fees for undergraduate students in England beginning in 2025.
💰 Deals of the Week
💸 Emerge, a UK-based VC firm, closed a $73M fund formation round to invest in up to 27 startups that provide solutions related to learning and the future of work.
🌍 Crimson Education, a New Zealand-based higher education pathway provider, raised $40M to support academic tutoring, university admissions, and leadership development.
💻 Five Star Technology Solutions and Empower Learning announced a merger to focus on improving student outcomes through technology and data-driven strategies.
📱 Kenya's Eneza Education and Pakistan's Knowledge Platform merged to form a Singapore-based EdTech, delivering accessible mobile STEM education to learners across Africa and Asia.
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