Imagine a future where students can access a personalised tutor, at a fraction of the normal costs, for any subject, in any language, on any phone. Well, the technology is now available. So it’s time we stop imagining it, and time we start building it.

All sixty-two of the Rising students who sat this year’s National Primary School Examination (NPSE) in Sierra Leone have passed. This 100% pass rate compares to a national average of 77.6%.

If your inbox if anything like mine, it’s probably filling up with emails from organisations offering retrospectives of the last 12 months, and trying to reckon with what they mean for the future.