Paul Skidmore

The Idea

Organization

Rising Academies

Private Sector Management of Public Schools

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Organization

Rising Academies

Public schools across Africa are failing to provide a good education.

Year

2019

Geography

West Africa

Sector

Education

Structure

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About Paul

Paul began his career as a policy wonk, working at Demos, a think tank in London. He was a founding team member at Tony Blair’s Africa foundation and later served as its Deputy CEO. He studied governance and policy and went on to earn an MPA from Princeton University. Five years ago, he launched Rising Academies to begin to tackle the education crisis in Africa.