Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation

The context: 

Across the developing world, more children than ever are in school – but they are not learning. A recent study estimated that less than 1% of school children in Sub-Saharan Africa attend a school where the teaching meets basic standards of quality. At Rising Academies, we’re changing that, and we want your help. Our mission is to create the best schools and the most powerful teaching and learning tools for the people that need it most. We’re one of the fastest-growing quality-focused education companies in Africa, and a Certified B Corp®. 

About us
Founded in Sierra Leone in 2014, Rising Academies works with governments to improve the quality of teaching and learning in public education systems. Across seven rigorous randomized controlled trials, students in Rising-supported schools have learned, on average, 2.4x faster each year than their peers in comparable schools.

Today, we support more than 450,000 students across 1,400 public schools in West and East Africa. We combine strong pedagogy with deep implementation experience, teacher and school leader support, data and technology, helping governments translate good ideas into approaches that work in real schools and can reach large numbers of children.

Our role depends on the problem we are trying to solve. We design and strengthen