The Innovation Village and Partners Unveil Top Startups of the Future of Education Accelerator Program. 2 minutes read
Some of the startup founders pictured interacting the Future of Education Accelerator Program. (Photo by The Innovation Village)
The Innovation Village through its Edtech Lab in partnership with Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works and the Arizona State University, this morning unveiled three startups whose solutions made it to the top in the Future of Education accelerator program.
Samantha Namara, the Senior Associate at FutureLab, said, for the past four months they run a program which was highly selective and intensive for Uganda’s most promising education entrepreneurs.
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Nehrling); Centre for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development (
Adebayo, Idiodi); Kinshasa School of Public Health (
Akilimali); International Centre for Reproductive Health (
Mwangi); Soinset santé. Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (
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Kenya: Infrastructure and Service Mapping, Samburu North Sub County, August 2020
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The Government of Kenya has committed itself to end drought emergencies in Kenya by the year 2022.
This is clearly spelt out in the Second Medium Term Plan (MTP 2013-2017) for the Kenya Vision 2030 .
However, as the drought continues to prolong, it has become increasingly important to fill information gaps in a systematic and comprehensive manner to inform a more effective humanitarian response and planning for immediate life-saving activities and contingency planning for sustainable solutions.
Samburu County is one of the 47 County governments in Kenya. It has three sub-counties (Samburu East,