Education Ambition Possibility (EAP) has launched a portable learning system called ClassKit that lets Kenyan teachers deliver the full Kenyan curriculum offline, using a single projector, battery and five‑button remote, enabling schools in remote areas such as Mandera and Turkana to run full‑day lessons without electricity or internet.
Key facts: the kit holds a complete year of lessons for Grades 1‑10, mapped to every strand of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum; each lesson runs for 40 minutes and a school can project more than five hours of teaching per day; a single battery powers the device for an entire school day; teachers reported mastering the remote in about five minutes, with one pilot teacher stating, "It took me five minutes to know how to use it."; EAP now supports seven schools and 114 classrooms, all acquired through referrals rather than cold outreach.
What is the ClassKit?
The ClassKit is a compact package comprising a projector, a rechargeable battery pack and a five‑button remote. Inside the device is a digital library that contains every lesson required by Kenya’s CBE syllabus, complete with teacher notes, vocabulary, examples and check questions. The remote’s simplicity—five buttons versus a full keyboard—was designed after teachers expressed a need for an intuitive tool that could be learned in minutes.
Why was the system created?
Previous education‑technology programmes in Kenya relied on one device per pupil, stable grid power, constant internet access and extensive technical support. Those requirements excluded schools in areas with unreliable electricity and limited connectivity. The ClassKit flips that model: one unit serves an entire classroom, needs only five minutes of teacher training, and is maintained directly by EAP, removing the need for local technicians.
What are the numbers behind the venture?
EAP estimates that roughly nine million Kenyan children aged 6‑15 lack access to interactive lessons, and sees a potential market of up to 350 million learners across sub‑Saharan Africa in the long term. A pilot involving three classrooms, seven teachers and 90 students ran for two weeks, confirming the device’s ease of use. Since then, the company has expanded to seven schools, delivering the kit to 114 classrooms.
Who are the founders?
Ammar Hamid, the CEO, leads product development and sales, having built the offline app and the school learning‑management system. Hassan Sheikh, the COO, oversees operations, device setup, licensing and deployment, drawing on nine years of digital‑transformation work with the UK’s National Health Service. Their partnership mirrors a typical hardware startup split: one founder stays close to the product and customers, the other ensures delivery and ongoing support.
Can the model expand beyond Kenya?
The hardware is curriculum‑neutral, meaning any national syllabus can be loaded onto it. To enter markets such as Uganda, Tanzania or Ghana, EAP would need to create a new lesson library aligned with each country’s curriculum and, for early grades, translate content into local languages. The business model anticipates varied buyers—government ministries, NGOs, donor programmes or private school networks—depending on the market.
How to connect with EAP?
Schools, NGOs, funders and investors interested in a demonstration can visit the EAP website, email the team, or reach the founders through their LinkedIn profiles listed on the site’s team page. The company also publishes updates in a Founders’ Log, which offers email subscriptions for new entries.
The next phase for EAP involves answering three practical questions: will pupils achieve better learning outcomes with the kit, can the economics scale when moving from referral‑driven schools to remote counties, and will the model succeed with other national curricula. The upcoming rollout to several hundred additional classrooms will provide the data needed to address these queries.