Founded in 2025 by T4 Education, with the support of Owl Ventures, the Global EdTech Prize recognises those trailblazing solutions that are driving change and grappling with the most crucial challenges in today's classrooms, says the Foundation.

At the same time, Brisk from Brisk Teaching in the USA won the Global EdTech Prize in the Start-Ups category. Matific Maths Game from Matific in Australia won the Global EdTech Prize in the Majors category, adds the Foundation.

Meanwhile, Global Community of Practice from Team4Tech Foundation, which operates in many African countries, made the Final 3 for the Global EdTech Prize in the Non-Profits category, says the Foundation.

The Global EdTech Prize is awarded annually in three categories: Non-Profits, Start-Ups, and Majors. The Top 10 finalists for each of the three categories were invited to the World Schools Summit — hosted by T4 Education, Aldar Education and the Emirates Foundation and supported by CIFF, Google, Microsoft, and HP — where they showcased their work before an Expert Panel comprising leading figures in the technology and education sectors including investors and policymakers from around the world, adds the Foundation.

The Expert Panel then narrowed down the Final 3 per category who went on to present their products and tools before educators at the World Schools Summit. Educators voted by secret ballot to determine the winner of each category, with the winners announced live on stage at the culmination of the summit, says the Foundation.

Vikas Pota, Founder of T4 Education and the Global EdTech Prize, says, "Congratulations to Imagine Worldwide Tablet-Based Foundational Learning Programme from Imagine Worldwide in Africa on winning the inaugural Global EdTech Prize and to Global Community of Practice from Team4Tech Foundation for making the Final 3. Your work is a crucial contribution to the cause of improving education and everything that can achieve for all of humanity."

"We established the Global EdTech Prize to help scale the innovations that are making a real difference to the most intractable educational challenges, from enhancing literacy development to building lifelong skills, supporting social mobility and closing learning gaps. And we ensured it is judged by educators themselves, because they know what works best in their classrooms. I hope this award will now allow you to spread your impact across the world," adds Pota.

Amit A. Patel, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Owl Ventures, says, "My warmest congratulations to Imagine Worldwide on winning the first-ever Global EdTech Prize and to Team4Tech Foundation on making the Final 3. By harnessing technology in the service of education, your work deserves recognition worldwide. I hope that through this prestigious award, policymakers, educators and changemakers alike see the impact of your innovation and help scale the transformation we need."

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