iHUB and Mastercard Foundation Back 12 Kenyan Startups Building AI and Assistive EdTech for Learners With Disabilities and Refugees

iHUB and the Mastercard Foundation have selected 12 early-stage Kenyan startups for an 18-month EdTech fellowship offering each company up to $100,000 in equity-free funding — with the cohort weighted toward assistive technologies and AI-supported learning products built for learners the education system has historically failed to reach. The fourth cohort marks a deliberate reversal of the programme’s earlier design. Previous editions ran eight months and targeted growth-stage companies with exi