Solving Africa’s Literacy and Numeracy Crisis
We work with governments and foundational learning organizations to equip teachers to deliver evidence-based Differentiated Learning simply and effectively at scale, so every child can read, write and solve basic maths with confidence by age 10.
Improving foundational learning for children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Millions of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are moving through school without mastering the foundational literacy and numeracy skills they need to keep learning. We want to change that so every child has the chance to learn, thrive and participate fully in life.
We are a non-profit organization working to improve foundational literacy and numeracy for children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
We use Differentiated Learning, an evidence-based approach that enables teachers to teach children according to their actual learning level. We work with governments, teachers and foundational learning organizations to make the approach simple to implement, cost-effective, and practical to adopt and scale.
Tujenge misingi.
Swahili — ‘let’s build the foundations’
Starting in Kenya. Building for scale.
We are working in 10 public primary schools in Kajiado, where we have trained 35 teachers to deliver Differentiated Learning to more than 1,450 children.
We are using this first implementation to learn what it takes to make Differentiated Learning simple and practical for teachers to deliver consistently in public schools.
Our goal is to work alongside the Ministry of Education to develop an implementation model that can eventually be integrated into and delivered through the public education system.
Public primary schools
Teachers trained
Children reached
Where we started
Meet our founders.
We bring deep experience in launching, scaling and delivering high-impact organisations and digital products across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Jamila Abass
With over 15 years leading high-impact organisations across Africa, Jamila brings deep expertise in entrepreneurship, product development, and large-scale programme delivery.
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Emelie Fürst
Emelie brings 12+ years of experience in early-stage technology startups, where she has led go-to-market strategy, business development, and operational scaling from seed to Series B across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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Alex Banda
Drives system-level reform, foundational learning and teacher development across Africa. Previously at Teaching at the Right Level Africa (TaRL), managing multi-country learning labs, government partnerships and the scale-up of foundational learning interventions.
Grant Edmond
12+ years designing and scaling large-scale education interventions with African governments. A HundrED Community Ambassador for change, identifying education innovations transforming how children learn in South Africa.
Ilana Kessler
Leads an AIM-incubated structured pedagogy charity working in Uganda. Her expertise in education and cost-effective global development brings deep contextual understanding of the region’s education systems and challenges.
Abdulkarim Mohamed
An African-Canadian investor and ed-tech startup specialist in Africa who has led, designed and advised three education funds totalling $200M. Senior Advisor for the Somali Development and Reconstruction Bank; writes widely on VC, EdTech, climate finance and inclusion.
Embedding Differentiated Learning in national systems.
Our goal is for Differentiated Learning to become part of how public education systems support children who have fallen behind — integrated into teacher training, classroom practice and existing government structures.
Build the foundations with us.
With your help, we can accelerate progress in this field and lift thousands of children out of learning poverty.