The Economist, January 4, 2020

Lessons from a radical education experiment in Liberia

Impakter, December 20, 2019

Public-Private Partnership in Education: How Liberia is Forging Ahead

All Africa, December 18, 2019

Liberia: Independent RCT Results Show LEAP Equates to More Than Additional Year of Learning

The Nation, December 7, 2019

The Inspiring Story of the Brilliant Student on the Path of Greatness

devex, October 24, 2019

Donors launch a new club for social enterprises

World Economic Forum, October 22, 2019

This is how and why teachers from low income countries need more support

Politics Home, October 14, 2019

How to remove the padlock on children’s minds

Quartz, September 17, 2019

Bill Gates shares the ultimate recipe for achieving global literacy

FT, August 28, 2019

Impact investors learn value of African education sector

Business Standard, August 26, 2019

Bridging the divide for first-generation learners in Andhra Pradesh

Vanguard, August 12, 2019

Bridge Teacher among first ever Nigerian teachers TV show

Omidyar, July 22, 2019

Move Beyond the Mirage: Embracing Deep Collaboration to Transform Outcomes

PIE News, July 16, 2019

The path to sustainability for the Liberian Education Advancement Programme

BBC Africa, July 13, 2019

BBC Africa: What's New?

Christensen Institute, July 9, 2019

The push for “free” universal education in Africa often falls short—here’s a better way

WEF, 24 June 2019

These Nigerian schools are teaching more in a term than they used to in a year. Here's how

The Star, May 24, 2019

Anyona defies odds to win a trip to Turkey

Next Billion, May 2, 2019

The Impact of Equal Education: Solutions to the Gender Disparity in Sub-Saharan African Schools

CapX, April 29, 2019

Time to wake up to the size of the global education gap

Economist, April 11, 2019

Private education is stepping in where the state leaves off

Forbes, April 9, 2019

How $5B Could Provide A Great Education For Every Kid On Earth

Impakter, March 28, 2019

The Challenge of Universal Education: The Bridge Model and How it Works

Education Next, March 5, 2019

How The World Bank Can Help Build Better Teachers

PENTA, February 25, 2019

20 Minutes With: Bridge International Academies’ Shannon May

Finding Impact, February 6, 2019

Scaling Partnerships with Government, Shannon May of Bridge

The PIE News, Jan 28, 2019

Bridge Academies widens Nigeria activity

Education World Forum, Jan 28, 2019

Creating globally competitive public schools

BBC World Service - World Hacks, December 20, 2018

Can US entrepreneurs solve a 'crisis' in African schools?

NBC29, December 13, 2018

Two Kenyan Students at St. Anne’s-Belfield Get Chance of a Lifetime

The Exchange, December 13, 2018

How Kenya is slowly becoming the India of Africa on Impact Investments

Impakter, December 6, 2018

Reversing education inequities in Lagos, Nigeria

Washington Post, November 24, 2018

Through Scholarship, Kenyan Students Find Home at St. Anne's

Impakter, October 26, 2018

Why weaker U.S. teachers' unions are good for Africa

CapX, October 26, 2018

Bridge schools are part of the answer to the global learning crisis

Guardian Nigeria, October 25, 2018

DFID report shows learning equity at Bridge Nigeria Schools

World Economic Forum, October 19, 2018

How Nigeria is changing what we've learned about improving education

The Telegraph, October 14, 2018

Is Britain creeping closer to the dream of affordable private schools?

devex, September 24, 2018

Bloodshed is the issue of education – or rather, a lack of it

CapX, September 5, 2018

The private sector has a part to play in tackling the global education crisis

Forbes, August 6, 2018

Low-Cost Schools Are Transforming Africa

Foreign Policy Association, July 19, 2018

Education Is A Right That Must Be Fulfilled Urgently

Education Next, July 10, 2018

What Do a Musician, Actor, and Teacher All Have in Common? Guided Instruction

Yale, June 29, 2018

Market solutions for inclusive societies in Africa

FT, June 25, 2018

In silicon savannah, apps cut out the middleman

Economist, June 21, 2018

Bridge Academies battles its enemies

Project Syndicate, May 14, 2018

"Learning from Liberia’s Educational Partnerships"

ONE, 11 May, 2018

"From the girl who had no future, Naomi now wants to

The Spectator, April 21, 2018

"Why do British charities want to shut down private schools in Africa?"

The Spectator, April 21, 2018

"Low-cost private schools are transforming lives in the third world"

The Spectator Podcast, April 20, 2018

"Bridge featured from 11 minutes 25 seconds"

Philanthropy Roundtable, April 20, 2018

"In the Developing World Too, Unions Try to Stop a Fresh Approach"

Philanthropy Roundtable, April 20, 2018

"Sweet Charity: Private Schools for the Poor"

devex, March 30, 2018

"Silicon Valley's role in shifting the education sector from access to outcomes"

Unreasonable, March 16, 2018

"I Was a Girl Who Had No Future, Until I Learned to Read"

WISE, March 6, 2018

"Bridging the Education Gap with Shannon May"

Impakter, February 27, 2018

"Global Education is About Social Justice Now, Not in the Future"

Quartz, January 22, 2018

"The controversial Silicon Valley-funded quest to educate the world’s poorest kids"

Huffington Post, January 2, 2018

"Making Best Practice Standard Practice In African Schools"

Yahoo! News, December 27, 2017

"Making Best Practice Standard Practice In African Schools"

Huffington Post, December 6, 2017

"Beyond the land of the unicorns"

Politics Home, November 28, 2017

"DFID should support private sector to fight the global learning crisis"

Economist, November 9, 2017

"What technology can do for Africa"

GOV.UK, November 3, 2017

"A decent education for Nigeria's young people is important"

FEE, November 3, 2017

"Low-Cost Private Schools Are Changing the Developing World"

WEF, October 26, 2017

"Education lessons from one of the world's toughest places"

Politics Home, October 25, 2017

"Embrace the mixed learning economy model to solve our global education crisis"

All Africa, October 9, 2017

"Africa: A Quality Education Must Involve More than Teaching to the Test"

FT, September 20, 2017

"Kano’s Emir fights local prejudice over educating girls"

WISE ed.review, September 15, 2017

"The Role of Private Education in Sub-Saharan Africa"

BuzzFeedNews, September 12, 2017

"33 Eye-Opening Pictures Of Classrooms Around The World"

Economist, September 7, 2017

"A report card for Liberia’s charter schools"

Guardian, August 10, 2017

"Bridge International Academies are neither ineffective nor unsustainable"

The Star, August 1, 2017

"Flip-flopping on Bridge schools' eligibility threatens education of 100,000 pupils in slums"

Medium, August 8, 2017

"A brighter future for the children of Liberia"

New York Times, July 15, 2017

"A Solution When a Nation's Schools Fail"

CNBC Africa, May 4, 2017

"How can we make sure education Revolution in Liberia benefits everyone?"

CNBC Africa, May 4, 2017

"Why fixing global education is the right step toward economic prosperity"

Medium, May 3, 2017

"An education revolution in Liberia"

Christensen Institute, May 3, 2017

"Bridge International Academies: a model for innovation"

Financial Times

"Liberia is outsourcing education. Can it work?"

Medium, April 27, 2017

"The Politics of Education"

Al Jazeera English, April 13, 2017

"Hundreds of primary schools where teachers are not turning up for class."

International Finance Corporation, March 29, 2017

"Global Youth Urgently Need New Models — Public and Private — for Education and Skills"

Hoover Institute, March 10, 2017

"American Teachers Unions Oppose Innovative Schools—in Africa"

The Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2017

"Education Innovation is under threat from union control "

Business Daily, February 1, 2017

"Nigerian children to benefit from Bridge’s affordable quality education"

Economist, January 28, 2017

"Emerging markets should welcome low cost schools like Bridge"

Economist, January 28, 2017

"High Standards, Low Costs. The problem is not that Bridge is too big, it is that it is too small."

FT, January 11, 2017

"Cut price schooling is better than nothing and demand for places is soaring"

Medium, September 16, 2016

"Ideological or Data-Driven Education: Do we want status quo failure or a “Learning Generation”?"

Huffington Post, September 15, 2016

"Denying poor parents the choice of school; is it moral?"

FrontPageAfrica, September 12, 2016

"No School Fees: Parents Fight to Enroll Children into Bridge School"

Bush Chicken, September 8, 2016

"Dozens of Parents and Children Rush to Register at Bridge-operated School"

Bush Chicken, September 8, 2016

"Amid Surge in Interest, Principal Proposes Increasing Classroom Sizes at Bridge-operated School"

Daily Monitor, September 5, 2016

"High Court Blocks Closure of Bridge International Schools"

New Vision, September 5, 2016

"Court Blocks Closure of Bridge Schools"

FARBRIC Radio, September 1, 2016

"Bridge opens schools in Liberia"

Mark Zuckerberg, August 31, 2016

"Mark Zuckerberg live with developers and entrepreneurs in Lagos (43:23)"

Daily Observer, August 31, 2016

"Bridge Partnership Schools Open In Careysburg, Other Cities"

Guardian, August 31, 2016

"Liberia turns to the private sector in controversial overhaul of failing schools"

K24, August 26, 2016

"Against All Odds, How Bridge International Academies is contributing to the future of education"

K24, August 25, 2016

"K24, Against All Odds - The girl that will change the world, Josephine Nyakundi "

K24, August 24, 2016

"Against All Odds, Grace Kerubo Nyanchoka's amazing story "

K24, August 23, 2016

"Against All Odds, Geoffrey Emali's Incredible Story"

K24, August 22, 2016

"Against All Odds, Natasha Wambui's Inspiring Story"

Getting Smart, August 15, 2016

"Liberia Announces Public-Private Partnership to Address its Education Crisis"

The Daily Observer, August 8, 2016

"Senator Taylor Optimistic About Bridge Partnership Schools"

Front Page Africa, August 8, 2016

"Improving Education - Senator Taylor Hails Bridge Partnership"

The New Dawn, August 8, 2016

"Senator Taylor Wants Education Reform De-politicized "

Nigeria Today, August 4, 2016

"BIA gives education to children of low income"

Facebook, July 30, 2016

"Post is by Jim Shelton, President of Education for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative"

Brookings Institution, July 26, 2016

"How overlooked innovations can streamline education systems"

eGov Innovation, July 26, 2016

"STEM education crucial for global youth"

Private Sector & Development, July 7, 2016

"Low-cost private schools scalable solution to a massive gap?"

The Nation, June 30, 2016

"Quality education at low cost"

The PIE News, June 29, 2016

"Focus less on tech and more on outcomes, urge ed tech leaders"

The Star, June 29, 2016

"Football for peace earns Marsabit boy trip to France"

World Policy Blog, June 28, 2016

"Education in Liberia: Disrupt the Status Quo"

The Observer, June 28, 2016

"Bridge CSO May Affirms Support To Girls Education In Liberia"

FrontPageAfrica, June 28, 2016

"Breaking Barriers to Girls’ Education-Bridge Launches partnership with J.W. Pearson"

FrontPageAfrica, June 23, 2016

"Looking beyond the statistics: girls’ education and social change"

The Star, June 29, 2016

"Football for peace earns Marsabit boy trip to France"

KTN Morning Express, June 16, 2016

"Day of the African Child"

The New Dawn, June 20, 2016

"Education - An Urgent Social Issue"

KBC Good Morning Kenya

"Day of the African Child"

Center for Education Innovations, June 17, 2016

"Small Changes, Big Results: Transforming the Future for Girls"

The New Republic, June 17, 2016

"Education Is Urgent Social Issue In Liberia"

Front Page Africa, June 17, 2016

"Radical Change to Education- Liberia Celebrates Day of African Child"

New York Times, June 14, 2016

"Liberia, Desperate to Educate, Turns to Charter Schools"

Wired UK, June 6, 2016

"'School-in-a-box' tech is helping teach children in Asia and Africa"

Capitol Times, May 30, 2016

"Improving Education With Partnership Schools"

Voice of America, April 12, 2016

"Liberia Moves Toward Outsourcing Aspects of Public Education"

All Africa, March 31, 2016

"Africa Has Investment Potentials - Says IFC"

Forbes, February 16, 2016

"Mark Zuckerberg Should Use The $1 Billion Kanye West Asked For To Educate Poor Children"

devex, January 11, 2016

"5 tips for social enterprises looking to scale"

TechCrunch, December 12, 2015

"The Chan-Zuckerberg initiative may be more important than Facebook"

World Economic Forum, December 18, 2015

"Driving up school standards in Kenya with smart data"

Daily Nation, December 3, 2015

"Kenyan pupils land prestigious US study scholarship"

The World Bank, November 20, 2014

"Learning from what works: IFC and Inclusive Business."

IFC, November 19, 2014

"Shared Prosperity through Inclusive Business: How Successful Companies Reach the Base of the Pyramid."

American Express OPEN Forum, November 18, 2014

"How 4 Social Enterprises are Changing the World"

Center for Health Market Innovations, November 13, 2014

"Mobile money applications in health and education: what can we learn from two sectors?"

NBC News, November 6, 2014

"Helping Africa’s education system"

CNBC, November 6, 2014

"Power Lunch"

Center for Education Innovations, November 5, 2014

"5 Low-Cost Private School Chains You Need to Know"

Cherokee Gothic, October 23, 2014

"Maceo: Take me to the Bridge"

The Africa Report, October 22, 2014

"Private solutions for public gaps."

The Atlantic, October 10, 2014

"Is it ever okay to make teachers read scripted lessons?"

CNBC, October 6, 2014

"The CNBC Next List: Shannon May and Jay Kimmelman"

CNBC, October 6, 2014

"Ahead of their time: Rebels, leaders, and innovators"

Inter-American Development Bank, October 2014

"Opportunities for the Majority: The Broadband Effect"

The Africa Report, October 2014

"Private solutions for public gaps"

KTN, September 20, 2014

"Club Kiboko"

rethinkeducation, September 8, 2014

"Applying Technology to Educate and Stimulate the Developing World"

A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity

"Book by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, September 2014"

CGAP.com, August 20, 2014

"Educational Transparency Through Digital Finance Plus"

Le Point Afrique, August 18, 2014

"L’entrepreneuriat social à l’honneur au Forum économique mondial sur l’Afrique."

Coro FM, August 9,2014

"Morning show"

xImpact.com, July 16, 2014

"Opportunities for Impact Investment in Education."

Forbes, June 2, 2014

"An Ideas Exchange for solving humanity’s grand challenges"

Chicago Tribune, May 28, 2014

"The Mission: Teach 10 Million Kids – and End Poverty"

Inc., May 27, 2014

"We won’t let Boko Haram hold us back."

OPIC, May 8, 2014

"Schwab Foundation names Bridge International Academies one of 2014’s top social entrepreneurs"

howwemadeitinafrica.com, May 8, 2014

"Africa’s top six social entrepreneurs of the year announced."

The People, May 7, 2014

"Schools leading a silent revolution in Nairobi’s slums"

Inc., May, 2014

"The Mission: Teach 10 Million Kids – and End Poverty"

MSNBC, April 17, 2014

"Morning Joe"

LinkedIn.com, April 11, 2014

"The Most Crucial Scaling Skill? Linking Short-Term Realities to Long-Term Dreams"

NextBillion.net, April 11, 2014

"Cashless Education"

Canadian Business, April 1, 2014

"How Starbucks-style schooling is reinventing education in poor nations"

Bloomberg TV Africa, March 31, 2014

"How Africa’s Social Entrepreneurs Are Inspiring Future Generations"

Radio Maisha, March 29, 2014

"“Chemsha Bongo” (Mind Teasers)"

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

"Meet the Schwab Social Entrepreneures of the year 2014"

Ventures Africa, March 15, 2014

"Exploring the business of education."

The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

"Book by Dayo Olopade, March 2014"

The Star, February 26, 2014

"We are working towards democratising success - Marie Leznicki"

The Economist, February 20, 2014

"Classroom Divisions: Paid-for private schools are better value for money than the “free” sort."

The People, February 7, 2013

"Philanthropists transform children’s future as they go the extra mile"

Medium.com, February 1, 2014

"Universal Primary Education"

Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less

"Book by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao, February 2014"

China Investment, February 2014

"Africa 2014"

Socilater, February 2014

"Les écoles ‘en boîte’"

IFC, January 31, 2014

"Bridge International Academies aims to offer millions an affordable, high quality education option"

NextBillion.net, January 23, 2014

"Building an Africa-India Pipeline"

The Guardian, January 10, 2014

"Social enterprise stories from Urban Kenya – in pictures"

Center for the Future of Museums, 2014

"TrendsWatch 2014"

WBUR, December 30, 2013

"Do Franchise schools offer alternatives for developing counties?"

Herald Online, December 17, 2013

"Bolstering Education and Opportunities"

McKinsey & Company, November, 2013

"Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa"

Virgin.com, November 21, 2013

"Beyond Silicon Valley – transformational innovation"

NPR, November 13, 2013

"Chain of low-cost schools opens in Kenya"

Wired, November 12, 2013

"Pop-up schools could radically improve global education"

NPR, November 12, 2013

"Do for-profit schools give poor Kenyans a real choice?"

The Guardian, November 11, 2013

"Democratising education: Q&A with Shannon May"

Times Education Supplement, November 8, 2013

"Schools – ‘Technically, we’re breaking the law"

Huffington Post, November 5, 2013

"Why are teachers expected to reinvent the wheel everyday?"

“The Wired World in 2014” (Special Edition Wired UK), 2013/2014

"Profit-led education for six million kids"

MSafiri, November 2013

"Education for all"

The Economist, October 26, 2013

"The Omidyar way of Giving"

Le Monde, October 25, 2013

"Le cours est dans la machine"

WISE, October 31, 2013

"Frugal Innovation: How Can We Do More with Less"

The Guardian, August 26, 2013

"Top tips to crack market-based development"

NTV, August 19, 2013

"AM LIVE"

Education Innovations, June 25, 2013

"At Bridge schools, leaning using laptops is not new"

Education Innovations, June 25, 2013

"CEI East Africa Launch: Bringing Innovators Together"

Project-Ent, June 5, 2013

"La meilleure education pour 4 dollars par mois!"

New York Times, May 22, 2013

"A By-the-E-Book Education, for $5 a Month"

New York Times, May 8, 2013

"Where Private School is Not a Privilege"

Colourful Radio, May 1, 2013

The Times of London, May 1, 2013

"Drama’ is a relative term in world of immunization"

The Times of London, April 30, 2013

"Life after aid begins with private investment"

The Standard, April 25, 2013

"Unemployed teachers get a second chance"

GSMA, June 18, 2013

"On a Day Trip to Kisumu"

The Do-Good Capitalist

"Charity Meets Profit"

Private Wealth, March 7, 2013

"Charity Meets Profit"

Mwakilishi.com, February 22, 2013

"Bridge International Academies Recruiting Kenyans in the US for Great Jobs in Kenya"

The Standard, January 9, 2013

"Day one at school"

Whitney Tilson’s School Reform Blog, January 5, 2013

"The remarkable Bridge International Academies"

The People, December 28, 2012

"Fastest growing group of schools eyes 135 academies"

Business Daily, December 21, 2012

"Top forty men under 40"

AfricaTalentbank.com, December 9, 2012

"Company Interview: Mr Jay Kimmelman, Co-founder and CEO, Bridge International Academies"

How We Made It In Africa, October 18, 2012

"How education Africa’s children for $5 a month can be a viable business"

CapitalFM News, October 13, 2012

"Bridge International Academies feted at Africa awards"

The New York Times, August 29, 2012

"Philanthropists weigh the returns of doing good"

The Star, August 1, 2012

"Bridge International pioneers innovative learning"

NTV, July 23, 2012

"NTV This Morning Show – Interview"

KTN, July 21, 2012

"KTN Prime News – News Feature"

The Standard, July 4, 2012

"From Arizona to Africa with heart for needy pupils"

Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2012

"Learning from Silicon Valley"

Stanford Social Innovation Review, April 18, 2012

"The Trouble with Impact Investing: P2"

Venture Beat, May 6, 2011

"What’s cooler than a million dollars? Changing a million lives"

africainvestor, March-April 201

"Learning Pays Dividends"

BBC World News, March 29, 2011

"Global News"

The Times of London, March 17, 2011

"Our Country is like an alcoholic climbing from a ditch into a bar"

Pearson Feature Stories, March 7, 2011

"Bridge International Academies in Kenya: Quality schooling for less than $4 per day"

Beyond Profit, February 24, 2011

"Private Education for the Poor"

Mail & Guardian, January 7, 2011

"Investors wake up to Africa"