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What Went Wrong for Bridge Academies in Uganda?
Uganda’s Ministry of Education is set to shutter the 63 schools run by Bridge International Academies, whose pioneering model for low-cost, private education has drawn significant attention — and investments — from major international players, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Weekly Roundup: Romanticizing Castro, Bridge’s Troubled Waters and the Benefits of Cash
NB's Weekly Roundup makes the call on whether Cuba's high quality of health care justified Castro’s means of achieving it; ponders the future of a private education company under attack from public sector foes; helps debunk the assumption that poor people, when given cash, will squander it on cigarettes and alcohol; and brings up the possibility that data, as it relates to public health, is a business opportunity.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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Kenya Promises Crackdown As Teachers Push for Ban on UK-Backed Private Schools
Kenya promised on Monday to crack down on schools operating illegally after teachers called for a ban on a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda: Bridge Schools Seek to Partner With Government
Primary education is the foundation for development of any country. Uganda has one of the youngest and fastest growing populations in the world. As the population continues to boom, already stretched social services will be stretched further.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An MVP for Africa: Adapting Poverty Solutions to New Continents and Contexts
Fundación Capital has had success fighting extreme poverty in Latin America, using the Graduation model. Now it's transporting the model to new cultures and contexts on the other side of the Atlantic, starting in Tanzania and Mozambique. Fundación discusses the challenges it has faced in adapting its model to new languages and cultures, and the lessons it has learned in the process.
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- Education, Technology
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Uganda is accusing schools backed by Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates of “teaching pornography”
For much of the past year, Bridge International Academies has faced tough criticism of its operations and business model in Africa. With its scripted teaching plans, Bridge offers standardized education in developing countries through its chain of low-cost private schools. But critics contend that the startup, which is backed by investors including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and the World Bank, hired cheap teachers and ran its schools amid poor sanitary conditions.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Digital Tools for Impact and Scale to Reduce Extreme Poverty
Ana Pantelic writes that Fundación Capital is using tablet-based applications and e-learning platforms to change the way that families living in extreme poverty – and the program mentors who work with them – access information and build local capacity. By integrating digital solutions into its work, the organization has improved and standardized the quality of training, and as a result, scaled national responses to eliminating poverty.
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- Education, Technology
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MovingWorlds’ Next Move In Social Enterprise ‘Experteering’
The developing talent is perhaps the biggest challenge for social enterprises. No matter how well-rounded the team, there are just going to be skills that prove elusive. MovingWorlds, a platform for connecting social business novices with established business people was formed four years ago to bridge that gap. This month the firm launched MovingWorlds Institute to help skilled professionals transition to social impact careers.
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- Education
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