We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Rising’s Program Associate in Liberia, Morrison T. Morris, has been awarded a highly-prestigious placement on this year’s Mandela Washington Fellowship Program; selected from a pool of more than 45,000 applicants across the African continent.

BBC radio show Digital Planet reports about how our AI-powered chatbot tutor called Rori, available through Whatsapp, is helping children across West Africa, bypass expensive tuition fees.

Rising Academies is delighted to announce the close of a $4.25m Series A investment led by Klett Kita & Schule, part of one of Europe’s largest education companies, the Klett Group. Joining the round are UBS Optimus Foundation, King Philanthropies Inc, Dovetail Impact Foundation and Solon Capital Holdings, all of whom are strengthening multi-year relationships with Rising through their participation in the Series A founding round.

Sierra Leone's National Primary School Examination (NPSE) results published last week saw Rising students register some of the strongest results in the country.

“When I do my work, when I look at what EdTech can accomplish, I think equality is the most important aspect to bringing people out of intergenerational poverty, to helping people access the opportunities they deserve.”

As a wise man once said, 'Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.' With 2021 drawing to a close, here are some highlights from a topsy-turvy but transformational year.

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.