Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship 2026 for Startups in Uganda (up to $70,000) – YOA

Deadline: February 5, 2026

Applications are open for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship 2026. The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is an entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to assist promising African EdTech ventures. Implemented in partnership with innovation hubs and accelerators throughout Africa, the Fellowship equips ventures with important enterprise, monetary, and studying science assist.

Hive Colab, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, will implement the EdTech Fellowship in Uganda over the following 5 years, specializing in accountable scale that expands entry to high quality studying for underserved communities.

Benefits

• Catalytic funding assist: Equity free funding up to 70K USD designed to speed up inclusive scale and supply readiness.
• Structured fellowship curriculum: A sensible program constructed for progress stage execution, studying impression, and sustainability.
• One-on-One Mentorship: Direct assist from specialists who perceive training supply and enterprise scale.
• Partnership and market entry assist: Connections to related establishments and ecosystem actors the place applicable.
• Learning science and impression assist: Guidance to measure outcomes and strengthen proof of what works.
• Investor readiness and strategic advisory: Support to strengthen governance, storytelling, metrics, and lengthy-time period capital pathways.

Eligibility

• They are wanting for regionally based and regionally led, progress stage EdTech ventures delivering inclusive options in Uganda.
• Locally based and regionally led enterprise with management and choice making rooted in Uganda
• A progress stage enterprise has a working product with demonstrated traction and is prepared to scale supply and impression in a sustainable manner.
• Women led ventures and various founding groups are strongly inspired to apply.

Application

Complete the web kind with particulars about your enterprise, traction, inclusion strategy, and studying impression. Closing dates for the application – Early Action: twenty second January 2026 and Final Deadline is fifth February 2026.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship.