About the fellowship
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is a selective growth partnership for EdTech ventures that are already working in the Ugandan context and are ready to strengthen scale, sustainability, and learning impact. The Fellowship supports ventures to grow without losing what matters most: inclusion, accessibility, and meaningful outcomes for learners who are often left behind.
Program Overview
The Fellowship supports growth stage EdTech ventures operating in Uganda or with a strong Uganda focus. Ventures receive structured support that strengthens product readiness, implementation excellence, partnerships, business resilience, and learning outcomes measurement. The goal is a responsible scale that expands access to quality learning, especially for underserved communities.
- Inclusive product and delivery design
- Evidence-driven learning impact
- Partnership readiness with schools and systems actors
- Sustainable and affordable business models
Why this fellowship matters in Uganda
Uganda's education ecosystem needs solutions that work in real classrooms and real communities. The Fellowship prioritizes ventures that design for constraints and complexity, including low connectivity environments, under resourced schools, and displacement settings.
- Overcrowded classrooms and limited resources
- Teacher support and training gaps
- Skills pathways and school-to-work transitions
- Unequal access for refugees and learners with disabilities
