The 2023 cohort.

Ian built EduYetu to close the quality-education gap he kept seeing around him — learners held back not by ability but by access to good materials and guidance. EduYetu is an education app that puts structured learning resources directly in students' hands.

During the six-week community immersion he took the idea back to the learners it is built for and tested it in the field — the film below captures that. EduYetu's clarity and real-world testing won Ian the overall title, a prize cheque from Safaricom, ongoing mentorship from Safaricom's Tech for Development team, and a place at the Safaricom hackathon.

Gladys tackled waste at the collection point. GreenTech Collectors is a digital waste-management system that brings structure and traceability to how waste is gathered and routed — turning an informal, invisible process into something measurable and improvable.

She tested it with a local collection community during the immersion phase. GreenTech Collectors placed third, earning Gladys a certificate and Safaricom mentorship.