bs2Mar 27, 2023
Harvard grads, VC, IT charities and the World Bank are fixing education in Africa. Squeezing money out of some of the most impoverished areas in the world, what could go wrong?
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/23/bridge-schools-africa-kenya-education/
/HT @timnitGebru #BridgeInternationalAcademies #BIA #NicholasKristof #Davos #WorldBank #ChanZuckerbergEducation #GatesFrontier in #Africa, #Kenya
>Bernard's mother never got his sweater back.
The #VC believers are such cheapskates, disgusting! #VentureCapital
Two Harvard Grads Saw Big Profits in African Education. Children Paid the Price.

An aggressive startup set out to disrupt African education. Now it’s plagued by a sexual abuse investigation.

The Intercept
JLHMar 26, 2023

In this 21st Century form of neocolonialism, two white Americans decided to make their fame and fortune off poor Black children in Africa. They were helped by all kinds of international investors and donors mostly controlled by white people. To say that problems ensued would be a gross understatement. #BridgeInternationalAcademies #ShannonMay #JayKimmelman #NewGlobeEducation

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/23/bridge-schools-africa-kenya-education/

Two Harvard Grads Saw Big Profits in African Education. Children Paid the Price.

An aggressive startup set out to disrupt African education. Now it’s plagued by a sexual abuse investigation.

The Intercept