Pillar 1: Education

Building Africa’s Future, One Classroom at a Time.

Africa is the youngest continent on Earth, with a working-age population projected to reach 600 million by 2030. Yet the continent is haemorrhaging its most precious resource before it can even reach a classroom.

Across Africa 118M

children, adolescents, and youth are currently out of school.

The Challenge

Africa’s education crisis in perspective.

118M Children, adolescents and youth across Africa currently out of school.
+13.2M Increase in out-of-school children since 2015.
68% Primary education completion rate in sub-Saharan Africa in 2024.
28% Upper secondary completion rate in 2024.
80%+ Children unable to read and understand a simple sentence by age 10.
75M More African children enrolled in school since 2015.

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the GEM Report's 2025 SDG 4 Scorecard, 118 million children, adolescents, and youth across Africa are currently out of school. While 75 million more African children have been enrolled in school since 2015, the number of out-of-school children has actually increased by 13.2 million during the same period.

The crisis deepens at every level. UNESCO reports that while primary education completion in sub-Saharan Africa improved from 46% in 2000 to 68% in 2024, upper secondary completion rates rose from just 18% to a mere 28% in 2024. Perhaps most damning of all, the World Bank's learning poverty metric reveals that more than 80% of children in sub-Saharan Africa cannot read and understand a simple sentence by age 10.

Beyond statistics, this represents a continent's future being quietly extinguished, one classroom at a time, from the crowded schools of Uganda to the fragile regions of South Sudan and the DRC.

Movit Foundation refuses to accept this as inevitable.
2030

We are building the future of a continent.

By 2030, we will have constructed or renovated over 150 schools, equipped TVET institutions with digital tools, and built the intellectual infrastructure that will power Africa's next generation. We are building the future of a continent.

Movit Foundation education programme
Education in Action Building opportunities for Africa’s next generation.
Education and skills development
Creating Impact Knowledge. Skills. Opportunity.
Our Strategic Direction

Education that unlocks potential.

Overall Goal

Children, youth, and marginalized groups access inclusive, high-quality education that equips them with knowledge, skills, and opportunities to reach their full potential.

Strategic Objective

Enable marginalized children and youth, particularly girls, to access equitable, inclusive, high-quality education that builds knowledge, life skills, and opportunities for personal growth.

Long-Term Outcome

Increased access to inclusive, quality education for children, youth, girls, and marginalized groups.

How We Work

Key Strategies & Interventions

Construct and renovate school classroom blocks (target: 150+ schools by 2030)
Equip schools and TVET institutions with furniture, tools, and digital equipment
Provide scholarships and bursaries
Run the Graduate Trainee Program with Movit Africa Limited, BIRUS Property Services, and Sim Packaging Solutions
Provide sub-grants to community groups implementing education and skilling projects
Achievements

Turning commitment into impact.

3,000+

Increased Access

Constructed and equipped classroom blocks that improved learning environments for 3000+ students, reducing overcrowding and improving retention.

Girls

Improved Retention

Girls’ retention improved through the provision of gendered toilets and menstrual hygiene facilities in supported schools.

150 Desks

Kadindimo Primary School

Funded and managed construction of a five-classroom block, fully electrified and fitted with 150 custom-built desks. Projected to serve 3,000+ pupils over five years. Created income for 78 community members and trained them in sustainable interlocking-brick technology.

547+

Lyakibirizi Core Primary School

Constructed a 3-classroom block with 90 custom-made desks, directly benefiting 547+ students who previously learned under a tree shade.