2023年4月14日

除其他好處外，這12家初創公司將獲得價值超過100萬蘭特(約54萬美元)的無股權風險投資直接資金支持。非營利組織Injini宣布了首批12家教育科技創業公司參加首屆萬事達卡基金會教育科技獎學金。Injini是一個非洲合作夥伴網絡的一部分，該網絡實施萬事達卡基金會獎學金，以支持處於成長階段的教育科技初創公司，幫助他們改善學習成果。Injini執行董事Krista Davidson表示:“在我們的萬事達卡基金會教育技術獎學金項目的選拔過程中，我們看到了許多有前途的申請人。“將申請者從數百人縮小到這12人並不是一個容易的過程，因為有許多令人印象深刻的教育技術解決方案正在運作，並對全國各地的學習者產生了真正的影響。我們相信，我們將能夠與每個人單獨合作，擴大他們的影響，改善南非的教育成果。”萬事達卡基金會教育技術獎學金是萬事達卡基金會創新教學和學習中心(CITL)的一項倡議，該中心與非洲各地的技術和創新中心以及教育技術加速器合作，支持具有規模和影響力的有前途的、處於成長階段的教育技術企業。該獎學金於2019年啟動，第一年就支持了來自7個國家的12家非洲教育科技公司。到目前為止，這些公司總共有超過80萬的學習者。該獎學金將通過Injini在教育創新領域的利益相關者網絡，為選定的創業公司提供價值超過1,000,000蘭特(約540,000美元)的直接資金支持，包括無股權風險投資、產品質量評估和認證、強化技能開發、指導和指導、定製市場研究以及市場準入。 The selected startups are: Afrika Tikkun Bambanani strives to provide South African children with access to quality education by standardizing the ECD curriculum. The organization collaborates with renowned researchers and educators to equip children with specialized educational tools. Ambani Africa through the use of augmented reality, animation, and gamification, has successfully developed learner-focused products for language learning. They offer a free language app that currently offers six African language options. BuzzKidz Buzz-in-a-Box (BIAB), is an EdTech solution that helps South African teachers provide creative arts education to learners. Backed by research on play-based learning, the platform offers a comprehensive curriculum covering music, drama, and dance. Click Learning is an NGO that helps underserved primary schools in South Africa improve foundational literacy, numeracy, and digital skills through the deployment of relevant online programs. Code4Kids is a program that enables teachers to teach coding, robotics, and other ICT skills to students from Grades 4 – 9 through pre-made, curriculum-aligned lessons. Code4Kids offers multiple coding languages such as HTML, CSS and Javascript in a fun and easy-to-learn environment. Digify Africa is a chat-based learning platform that delivers interactive micro-learning through WhatsApp to low-income users in Africa. Lessons are accessible to learners wherever and whenever they want and at their own pace. FunDza Literacy Trust is a ‘library on a phone’ where readers, writers, and course participants can connect with FunDza through a mobile-friendly and data-light site. The platform publishes reading and writing materials that ignite a love of reading, specifically aimed at teens and young adults who have never previously identified as readers. Matric Live is a multifunctional education app with interactive lessons, gamification of learning, and an exam simulation feature for practising exam-like questions. Reflective Learning is a data-driven solution that helps teachers identify learning gaps and provides personalised learning pathways to empower learners to catch up on their backlogs. Resolute Education provides robotics and coding programs for schools and tertiary institutions. These programs follow the CAPS curriculum, include SACE-accredited teacher training and support, offer cost-effective robotics kits, and an LMS for educators and learners. Yenza offers smart career technology that combines the latest in psychometrics, data science and intelligent design to intuitively guide and recommend successful career pathway journeys for individuals. 12. Zaio is an online platform that provides highly interactive educational content on digital skills like coding, including on-demand live support, at a fraction of the expected cost. Share this article