Kabakoo Academies is building the first sustainability-focused EdTech by merging high-tech and indigenous knowledges to deliver transformative experiences. Our model of highdigenous tech education fosters localized innovation and successfully equips African youths with the necessary agile skills for leapfrogging into sustainable futures. In less than six years of operation, Kabakoo's unique model has been praised by the likes of the African Union, the UNESCO and the World Economic Forum as a major innovation on the global education landscape.
Kabakoo was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a prominent force in AI-driven education in their report "Shaping the Future of Learning: The Role of AI in Education 4.0"
Launch of a bilingual AI Mentor capable of interacting in French and Bambara
Kabakoo began a partnership with LuxDev to digitalize a vocational training center
Launching the innovation Lab and the Regenerative architecture and XR training
We Integrated our mentor-enabled AI within our app
Kabakoo launches the first AI Highdigenous event to shape Africa's AI future
Launch of the Kabakoo app in the Play Store, in the top 5 education apps in Mali since then
Opening of Kabakoo’s second co-learning space in Segou, an ancient imperial capital in West Africa
Launch of the largest training cohort in no-code in Africa, in cooperation with the OIF
Launch of the first no-code training in Africa, a growing tech trend enabling people to design apps without coding
Laureate of the Zoom EdInnovation Award which celebrates the best and most ambitious global ideas supporting underserved students
Launch of the Drone Tech and AI cohort, West-Africa’s first training blending drone technology and artificial intelligence
Launch of a cohort developing local solutions to address issues raised by the Covid-19 pandemic in the Sahel region; in partnership with the
European Union and the Malian Government
Selected by the World Economic Forum as a global pioneer for education 4.0, featured as an inspiring and scalable example in its report “Schools of the Future”
Selected by the UNESCO as partner for its program «Imagining Africa’s Future»; Kabakoo used as case study in a continent-wide capacity building project
Release of the first prototype developed by Kabakoo learners; this project has brought Kabakoo the recognition of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition of the UN Environment Programme
Selected by the African Union as one of the most innovative educational projects (featured in “Africa’s Education Innovations Handbook”)
Launch of the pilot co-learning space in Bamako (Mali) to test our innovative methodology for tech education in African contexts; first workshops
