Kepler is a nonprofit university program based in Africa and designed for the developing world. The students get the best of online learning paired with in-person seminars — all while students work toward a U.S.-accredited degree and a great job after graduation. The goal is to create a global network of universities, beginning in Rwanda, that deliver the skills that emerging economies need for a price that all talented students can afford.

Kepler Kigali opened in 2013 to serve the thousands of talented Rwandan students who could otherwise not afford to attend university. The campus operates as both a high-quality university program and a learning laboratory for best practices in blended-learning education. The data generated is driving Kepler’s approach to instructional design, pushing forward the goal of dramatically improving the quality and affordability of post-secondary education.