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iNERDE (New Education for Radical Development) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social enterprise with the purpose of providing underprivileged students in numerous African countries access to STEM education. Founded in 2014 by Mohamed T. Kante and Rakibou Ouro-Djobo, iNERDE has been featured in Fortune magazine as well as in the Boston Globe for their 2014 Colonie de Vacances education camp. Although their first camp focused on 4th and 5th graders, they have since expanded their reach to provide students from the 4th to 12th grades with appropriate education. iNERDe partners directly with local schools in Africa, providing them with professional teachers and computers, in addition to other equipment integral to an elementary and middle school STEM education.

Creation
iNERDE was created with the intention of improving the quality of STEM education and providing a greater wealth of educational opportunities to grade school children. The co-founder of iNERDE, Mohamed Kante, a graduate of Northeastern University and an immigrant from Mali, was inspired to improve the standing of STEM education in Africa after moving to the United States and having the opportunity to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. In 2014, Kante was featured in Fortune magazine's "Heroes of the 500 2014" in a segment profiling iNERDE's first STEM summer camp, the Colonie de Vacances in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Renamed the Ntomo Innovation Academy in 2016, the program ran classes in partner schools in Mali and Senegal and expanded the scope of its operations to include robotics, programming and Internet instruction.

Mission and Partnerships
iNERDE's stated goal is to provide education and after-school programs for one million children in Africa by the end of 2030. The organization operates under the philosophy that "only Africans can solve Africa's problems", and to that end partner with African schools and solicit the cooperation of technology companies to encourage educational advancement in their areas of focus. Since 2018, iNERDE has worked with Dell EMC, participating in their "Solar Learning Labs" program, which repurposes shipping crates as solar-powered classrooms to assist with outreach to underprivileged youth. The first such lab was established in South Africa in 2019, with development planned in five other countries, including Kenya, Ethiopia, and Morocco. Additionally, they boast partnerships with Microsoft and Translators Without Borders.

iNERDE is a member of several notable collections of collection of nonprofit organizations such as GuideStar and the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, a Rhode Island-based organization that assists training and opportunities for nonprofit organizations. . Since 2017, they have also partnered with the DQ Institute, a fellow nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting digital literacy and safety among children worldwide.