Orenda

Company

Orenda bridges the digital divide between private and public schools in Pakistan by providing engaging, high-quality digital education.

Problem

There are 22.3 million children in Pakistan out of school and enrolment and performance both decrease as children move from primary grades to secondary grades.

Project

Orenda aims to use the latest GSMA grant to scale by using AI for personalised learning and integrating stakeholders in a unified platform. The use of AI will help Orenda to quickly adapt to the needs of students, teachers and schools as well as generate content adapted to the students.

The GSMA supported Orenda in March 2021 to expand both the curriculum and reach of the Taleemabad app by developing the app for KaiOS phones, which addresses affordability and accessibility barriers. Orenda also launched their B2B solution for low-cost schools by developing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to further improve accessibility.

Impact

Since partnering with the GSMA, Orenda has:

Raised $2.3 million in funding to explore and experiment with new models, with funders including the Malala Fund and Sorenson.
Received $1 million from the Qatar Foundation ($800,000 from the foundation and $200,000 in matching funds), which invested in them specifically because of their new AI technology and potential to replicate their services in other countries.
Been selected for the second cohort of London School of Economics 100x Impact Accelerator.

Scaling journey

A message from the CEO

“Our goal over the next five years is to become a household name – an education company that gives your child multiple avenues to get an education, and ultimately ensures that learning never stops.”

– Haroon Yasin, CEO, The Orenda Project