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About the Accelerator
Across Africa and India, teachers are working hard to do more with less.
Classrooms are overcrowded, resources are stretched, and access to quality learning materials is uneven.
Many promising education tools never make it past the pilot stage, even though the need is urgent and the potential for scale is within reach.
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The Chat for Learning & AI Accelerator, led by Turn.io with support from the Gates Foundation and Anthropic
Is a global programme designed to fast-track the adoption of chat and AI-powered solutions that improve how students learn and teachers teach, especially in low-resource settings.
We’ll select five high-potential education organisations to design, test, and scale impactful digital learning services. More than just building tools, participants will create scalable, sustainable models that can strengthen education systems and improve learning outcomes at scale.
Powered by Turn.io’s proven chat platform and deep expertise in AI and learning design
The 6-month accelerator equips teams with the technology, mentorship, and support they need to succeed.
Participants will refine their learning models, test real-world chat solutions, and generate evidence of impact.
By the end of the programme, each organisation will have a stronger, AI-enhanced learning solution, backed by data, case studies, and a community of education innovators driving change across the Global South.
Accelerator
Benefits
We're looking for education organisations that already make a measurable difference and are ready to go further. You should:
Selection criteria
Already reach at least 5,000 learners or 1,000 teachers
Have a clear learning goal aligned with national or curriculum priorities
Demonstrate strong user engagement and retention
Use WhatsApp already or plan to integrate it
Have a committed team ready to learn and build for six months
Be ambitious about scaling your reach and impact
Priority will be given to organisations operating in South Africa, Senegal, Kenya, India, and Nigeria that have the potential to influence broader system-level change across the Global South.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
“At Darsel we’re trying to expand the reach and impact of EdTech by pushing the limits of what an educational chatbot can achieve. We’re thrilled to have Turn.io’s support as we pursue large-scale impact. The resources and advice we received during the Chat for Impact program have already led to educational impact, but they also left us more aware of and ready for the challenges and exciting opportunities that lie ahead."
Abdulhamid Haidar
Founder and CEO, Darsel
Programme mentors
You’ll work side by side with experts, including practitioners, learning specialists, AI engineers, and product strategists who know what it takes to have impact in low-resource settings and with a deep understanding of pedagogy and learning design, AI and conversational design, measurement & evidence generation, product strategy & sustainability, and scaling & systems change.
Krishna Dheenadayalan
Lieze Langford
Raquel Graça
Nathan Begbie
Indrani Vedula
Manish Manohar
Sofie Meyer
Pia Nyakairu
Krishna Dheenadayalan
Lieze Langford
Raquel Graça
Nathan Begbie
Indrani Vedula
Manish Manohar
Sofie Meyer
Pia Nyakairu
“Education is where Chat and AI can have the most immediate, human impact. This accelerator isn’t about inventing new tools, it’s about empowering the ones that already reach learners and teachers every day. We believe effective education services should be simple, conversational, and accessible meeting educators and learners where they are, supporting existing education systems, and making them more efficient.”
Pippa Yeats
Co-Founder, Turn.io
Chat for Impact Accelerator Alumni
