M-Shule
SMS-based adaptive learning for basic phones
No longer a school product: M-Shule now sells workplace and community training to organisations (checked 4 October 2026).
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What it does
What the AI actually does — ML personalises SMS lesson and quiz sequencing to each learner's performance (item-response theory) — genuinely adaptive, delivered over plain SMS.
Why it was built — Reach students on basic feature phones — no smartphone or internet needed — with personalised tutoring over SMS.
Who built it
- Company
- M-Shule
- Founders
- Claire Mongeau · Julie Otieno
- HQ / origin
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Founded
- 2016 (launched Jan 2018)
- Model
- B2C / B2B2C / B2G
- Exam systems
- KCPE / CBC (Kenya primary)
- Languages
- English · Kiswahili
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Where it sits
M-Shule is on the Learning Tools Index, in exam prep & regional platforms, built in Kenya.