Co-creation HUB (CcHUB), Nigeria’s first innovation centre and technology hub, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has selected 12 Nigerian startups for the fourth cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. The fellowship is an 18-month accelerator programme that supports early-stage education technology companies building solutions for learners.
Each startup will receive up to $100,000 in equity-free funding, alongside structured technical assistance across product development, communications and business strategy, according to the company.
The latest cohort continues the Fellowship’s focus on backing African EdTech startups, but this year’s intake, the hub noted, focuses on founders tackling barriers to education for learners with disabilities, internally displaced persons (IDPs), underserved and rural communities, girls and young women, as well as startups building education and workforce data systems.
“Cohort 4 was designed around the belief that the most important decisions about inclusion are made at the earliest stages of innovation,” said Nissi Madu, managing partner at CcHUB.
“This cohort represents founders who are building with this understanding at the core of their solutions. Our role is to help them test, refine, and generate evidence for their solutions while building sustainable businesses that can scale their impact.”
