Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Uganda Cohort 2 – YOA

Deadline: November 26, 2026

Applications are open for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Uganda Cohort 2. The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, Uganda, applied by Hive Colab in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, helps excessive-impression, development-stage EdTech ventures to construct sustainable and scalable training enterprises.

The Fellowship strengthens ventures’ enterprise fashions, improves the standard and relevance of their digital studying merchandise, and expands entry to high quality, inclusive and learner-centred training. Selected ventures obtain a catalytic milestone-primarily based, fairness-free grant, alongside a 12-month fellowship programme combining tailor-made enterprise assist, weekly mentorship and training, studying science and inclusive product design, market entry, funding readiness and technical help. Ventures additionally obtain as much as 24 months of publish-acceleration assist centered on development, market entry, fundraising and lengthy-time period sustainability.

Benefits

• Fellows obtain catalytic funding, structured curriculum, one-on-one mentorship, partnership assist, studying science steering, and investor readiness advisory.

Eligibility

To apply, your enterprise should:

• Be regionally based and regionally led, with management and choice-making rooted in Uganda
• Be at Early Revenue, Growth, or Scaling stage. Pre-revenue/concept-stage ventures will not be eligible
• Deliver an inclusive studying answer; for instance, one which reaches underserved learners similar to youth, younger ladies, individuals with disabilities, refugees, or rural/low-connectivity communities
• Be working in Uganda, with the vast majority of learners/customers primarily based in Uganda
• Technology because the Core of Learning: Have an lively EdTech platform the place studying takes place. Ventures whose main mannequin is solely in-individual or classroom-primarily based studying will not be eligible.

Application

Required paperwork:

• Certificate of incorporation (or equal registration doc)
• Pitch deck
• Gender, Safeguarding, or Child Protection Policy (when you’ve got one)
• Product Demo Video: a brief demonstration of how your product works. Maximum 5 minutes. Please share a hyperlink (YouTube, Vimeo, or Google Drive) with viewing permission set to “anyone with the link” slightly than importing a file.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship.