Meet the education ecosystem.
Explore public institutions, regulators, and organisations working across education in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. This directory is a reference resource; inclusion does not imply an AGES partnership.
Tanzania
15 entitiesPublic university with education, teacher development and research programmes.
Manages the Education Fund to support access, equity and quality in education.
Represents teachers in Tanzania Mainland and supports their professional interests and welfare.
Principal policy-maker for education and digital transformation across all levels.
Manages public primary and secondary schools across regions; gateway for school-level deployments.
Develops and approves curricula and learning materials — content gatekeeper for K-12 deployments.
Conducts national examinations and shapes assessment standards for secondary education.
Coordinates and regulates vocational training; primary route for TVET pilots and simulation deployments.
Regulates technical and vocational education awards, accreditation, and standards.
Regulates telecommunications and broadcasting — relevant to connectivity and device deployment.
Public university offering higher education, research and teacher education.
Major technical institution feeding the TVET and engineering education pipeline.
National distance-learning university — important channel for digital and CPD programmes.
Coordinates research and innovation funding; supports tech and EdTech ecosystems.
Supports education sector reform, teacher development, and ICT-in-education programmes.
Kenya
10 entitiesSets national education policy and digital learning strategy across basic and tertiary levels.
Develops curricula and approves content for Kenyan schools — gatekeeper for K-12 EdTech.
Conducts national examinations and assessments for primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
Regulates and coordinates Kenya's TVET sector — accreditation, standards, and quality.
Registers, deploys, and develops teachers nationally — critical for any teacher-capacity programme.
Regulates ICT and broadcasting; oversees connectivity policies relevant to school internet.
Kenya's largest university; deep teacher-training, research, and ICT capacity.
Specialist in education, teacher training, and curriculum studies.
Private research university with strong tech and education programmes; active in EdTech research.
Develops Konza Technopolis as a centre for technology, innovation and digital infrastructure.
Uganda
10 entitiesLeads education policy across pre-primary, primary, secondary, BTVET, and higher education.
Develops, reviews, and pilots curricula across Uganda's education levels.
Conducts national primary and secondary school examinations and examination-related research.
Regulates and accredits higher education institutions and programmes in Uganda.
Sets occupational standards, accreditation, and assessment for industrial and vocational training.
Regulates communications; partners on rural connectivity and school-internet initiatives.
Uganda's premier research university; deep capacity in education, ICT, and teacher development.
Public university offering vocational, special-needs and teacher education.
Coordinates national IT infrastructure and standards — relevant to EdTech procurement and security.
USAID-supported innovation network at Makerere; supports research-to-product translation.
Rwanda
10 entitiesLeads Rwanda's national education policy and digital education strategy.
Develops curricula, learning materials, and teacher development for basic education.
Coordinates TVET policy, training standards, and qualifications across Rwanda.
Regulates and accredits higher education institutions and programmes.
Manages national examinations and school inspection standards.
Implements ICT initiatives, including school connectivity and digital infrastructure.
National university with deep education, ICT, and research capacity.
Pan-African private university with strong innovation and digital-pedagogy practice.
Postgraduate engineering and information technology education, including research in AI.
Open innovation hub supporting Rwanda's tech and EdTech entrepreneurs.