This year’s cohort reflects a growing commitment to gender diversity and inclusion within Africa’s innovation ecosystem. With 50% of the startups led by women, the Fellowship continues to challenge the gender gap in technology and entrepreneurship.
In a powerful display of what inclusive innovation looks like, the third cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship announced today by CcHUB features an equal split of male and female founders, each driving solutions to improve the future of learning in Nigeria and across Africa. The versatility of the selected solutions highlights how African EdTech startups are rising to close critical education gaps, ranging from AI-powered learning platforms and digital financial literacy tools to virtual science labs that reach rural classrooms, even without internet access. These innovations, many led by women, exemplify the Fellowship’s vision for scalable, inclusive, and future-forward learning across the continent.
