Key information about the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship and the application process.
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is a selective growth partnership for EdTech ventures already working in the Ugandan context and ready to strengthen scale, sustainability, and learning impact.
EdTech ventures that are locally founded and locally led, operating at growth stage, with a working product and evidence of traction serving learners in Uganda. Priority is given to ventures serving underserved communities.
Fellows receive catalytic funding, structured curriculum, one-on-one mentorship, partnership support, learning science guidance, and investor readiness advisory.
The Fellowship runs for 12 months, followed by up to 24 months of post-acceleration support focused on growth, market access, fundraising, and long-term sustainability. It is structured in two phases: design for inclusion and acceleration for responsible scale.
Not yet, but they will be soon. We will share updates on our pages and on this website.
Yes, and we encourage it. The panel assesses where your venture is now, not where it was in the last round.
Your application is used solely to evaluate applications to the Fellowship, conduct due diligence, design and monitor the programme, and meet donor compliance requirements. Data is processed in line with the Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019, the Data Protection and Privacy Regulations 2021, and Hive Colab’s Data Protection Policy and retained for 24 months after the selection process closes. You can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data at any time by writing to edtech@hivecolab.com.
You can write to edtech@hivecolab.com or call +256 392 177 978. We aim to respond within 48 hours.
No. Applying to the Fellowship is completely free at every stage. Hive Colab and the Mastercard Foundation will never ask you for payment in connection with your application, and anyone who does so is not acting on our behalf. Please report any such request to edtech@hivecolab.com.
Hive Colab is Uganda's first innovation hub and a leading entrepreneurship support organisation with over a decade of experience supporting technology-driven ventures.