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Hiwot Zelalem
Muya Space
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship
Offering an interactive online platform connecting learners with skilled artisans through video tutorials and live chat.
Ahmed Jafar & Samuel Teshome
Dynamo Center for Technology
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship
Reaching students in urban and rural areas with high-quality resources to bridge the educational gap.
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Abdikarim Ahmed Siraad & Omar Abdi Aden
Qalam Education Platform
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship
Transforming education in Ethiopia by tackling the high failure rates among Grade 12 students through personalized online learning
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Tirhas Haile
Whiz Kids
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship
Supporting holistic child development through online courses, TV/radio shows, and community outreach.
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Nikolaj Staehr, Anders Staehr & Rasmus Staehr
Boblberg
Next in Mind
Offering a safe and inclusive platform and app where people can find and build new supportive communities and enhance their social skills and networks based on their interests.
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Satu Raappana & Johanna Kronstedt
Sekasin (MIELI Mental Health Finland)
Next in Mind
Providing young people aged 12-29 with a free of change, confidential platform that supports mental well-being and helps with coping with mental health challenges.
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Anna Juusela & Ulla Koivukoski
We Encourage Oy Ltd
Next in Mind
Offering a conversational chatbot and a knowledge with essential and valuable resources, to those experiencing or affected by domestic violence.
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Subhi Irshed & Olga Skalska
My Mental Wellbeing
Next in Mind
Educating, training and empowering emerging adults with science-based techniques and practical tools to enhance their physical, mental and emotional well-being.
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Jan-Ulf Söderberg & Sacharias Wirén
Stiftelsen Fryshuset - ICbility
Next in Mind
Aiding young adults in navigating today's complex world, find adaptive ways to work out differences and disagreements and increase capabilities for better complex thinking.
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Joakim Blomqvist, Krister Ruth & Simon Hedberg
Insight Gap
Next in Mind
Offering an award-winning digital education that is quick, easy to distribute and effective in making mental health easier to understand.
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Sondre Siira
NextGen Ambassadors
Next in Mind
Empowering individuals who face social exclusion by enhancing skills, boosting self-esteem and creating opportunities for those outside the labor market and education system.
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Ida Nevalainen
MARKED with purpose
Next in Mind
Offering a Finnish 12-step program and a mobile app, that empower 18-25 year old students through experimental learning, increasing self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
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