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Educating over 100,000 children in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Liberia, and India for just $6 a month, on average.

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Jay Kimmelman

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Employees 501+
Headquarters Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Bridge is leveraging data and technology to bring world-class education to families living on less than $2 per person, per day. Globally, there are 263 million children and young people not in school, most of whom are girls -- and this number is only increasing. In many parts of the developing world, families do not have a choice when it comes to educating their children. The schools available to them suffer from uneven quality, corruption, chronic underfunding, and rampant teacher absenteeism -- or they are prohibitively expensive private schools. Bridge disrupts the status quo by developing world-class lessons based on national curricula and in-depth teacher training and support programs, while utilizing cutting-edge wireless technology. Bridge students have fluency and comprehension scores 37 percent higher and math scores 24 percent higher than their peers in neighboring government schools. Over four consecutive years starting in 2015, Bridge students significantly outperformed the national average, including students attending elite private schools as well as those in government schools, in the KCPE exam.

Currently Operating in Five Regions

Press Mentions

May 19, 2022

E152 - Daniel Epstein on Repurposing Capitalism, Intuition and Meaningful Entrepreneurship // Alchemists Of The Future - all that we are (fka the future is beautiful)

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March 10, 2020

AI, education and ethics: who should profit from learning?

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November 12, 2014

Startups in Nike-backed accelerator put girls first in fight against global poverty

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October 7, 2014

The Girl Effect Accelerator Launches, Aiming To Help Girls Earning Less Than $2 A Day

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October 2, 2014

Nike Foundation Launches 'Girl Effect' Accelerator to Combat Global Poverty

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