Kidato

Online school for K12 education in Africa

Y CombinatorWinter 2021ActiveEducationEducationeLearning

What they do

Problem

Families in Africa lack access to affordable, high-quality K–12 education due to overcrowded public schools and expensive private schools.

Solution

Kidato provides an online K–12 school delivering a rigorous international curriculum with low student-teacher ratios at a lower cost than traditional private schools.

Who it's for

Parents and K–12 students in Africa seeking a learning-from-home alternative to public or private brick-and-mortar schools.

Founders

Sam Gichuru

Founder

Education is extremely disjointed and expensive in Africa, I see an opportunity to change that, by streamlining it and making it affordable. Software engineer, previously founded Nailab, the first Kenyan incubator, and accelerator, co-founded Kuhustle (YC-F3), an African freelance platform, supported over 120 startups in 10 years, 3 exists, worked with Jack Ma / Jack Ma Foundation to structure $10M funding for African SMB's, grew to $100M commitment.