Botter, an Ethiopian startup, has been announced as one of the Edtech initiatives selected for the WISE ACCELERATOR 2019/2020 event.
Powered by artificial intelligence, Botter facilitates language learning. It allows educators to connect a chatbot to their Facebook page and create gamified lessons and exercises for students. Through the platform, language teachers can craft lessons in local languages and reach users in Africa and across the world. The first bot created on Botter platform reached 250,000 users.
Every year, the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator, hosts an annual global event. This event promotes the development of innovative education technology initiatives with high potential, to make a positive impact. WISE also selects a cohort of promising edtech initiatives with high potential to positively transform education for millions of people from around the world.
Founders of the selected initiatives are granted the opportunity to access a global academic community that WISE has been building over the years. The founders will also work closely with coaches, leaders and experts in the education sector to improve the growth and impact of their edtech initiatives.
During this year’s event, which is scheduled to officially kick off in November, representatives of the selected initiatives will take part in workshops, attend master classes, and participate in pitching sessions.
The other initiatives include: Kamkalima, a K-12 school platform that supports the teaching and learning of Arabic language; Teacherly, which aims to create teams of teachers with collaborative lesson planning and peer-to-peer coaching; Medics.
The partners; Academy, a platform that aims to address the needs of global health systems through scalable education; Wiloki, an adaptive platform that leverages artificial intelligence to support parents in teaching their children.
OXED, which launched Wumbox, an online and offline adaptive educational platform for children.
AskMyClass: an affordable social-emotional learning assistant for teachers; and Livox, an alternative communication software for non-verbal people to communicate and learn.
Stavros Yiannouka, CEO of WISE, said: “We have faith in this year’s founders’ potential to transform education on a large scale and at a global level. This year’s cohort is tackling tough challenges in education that range from helping teachers reduce planning time through peer-to-peer support to tackling the global labor shortage in the medical sector by providing scalable and quality content for training workers in the medical field.”
The selected initiatives will receive support from mentors and WISE partners to scale up their startups, improve their international visibility, and identify potential partners, donors, and investors through networking opportunities organized by WISE.
