Courts in Kenya and Uganda have ordered the closure of these privately run American schools due to poor standards ...

Other countries where the schools have been opened are Nigeria, Liberia, and India

For obvious reasons, the schools are largely supported by NGOs.

Background on Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies Ltd (BIA) is an American based company registered in Delaware. Operating for-profit the company runs a commercial, private chain of nursery and primary schools. With over 400 institutions and 100,000 children in enrolled BIA schools, it is the largest chain of commercial private schools worldwide.
BIA is one of the most controversial chains of private schools. The use of standardised curriculum developed abroad, the poor working conditions of teachers and the robotization of their work, profit-making by charging poor families in informal settlements, and questions about its respect for some national education and health and safety standards are some of the most debated aspects of Bridge’s operations.
BIA has received funding from several large corporations, investors and development partners including the Omidyar Network founded by the billionaire creator of eBay, Pearson (the world’s largest educational business), Novastar Ventures, Kholsa Ventures, philanthropist Bill Gates, Facebook founder’s Zuckerberg Education Ventures, the International Finance Corporation (a branch of the World Bank Group), the UK’s Commonwealth Development Corporation (with funds from the Department for International Development – DFID) and the US Government Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
The company opened its first school in Mukuru kwa Njenga slum in Kenya in 2009, by 2015 the company had 405 schools in Kenya, as well as other schools in Uganda, Nigeria, Liberia, and India. BIA seeks to grow further with the aim of reaching 10 million students by 2025.

Key Documents

Court judgement: http:///2kRzxnG
Information statement on ongoing cases involving Bridge International Academies in Kenya and Uganda: http:///2eFckEp
Human rights bodies statements related to States’ obligations with regards to Bridge International Academies: http:///2fXvM11
Human rights analysis of data on Bridge Academies in Kenya http:///2h66Br3 and related blog post http:///2kngeEW
Kenya National Union of Techers (KNUT) and Education International (EI) report (December 2016) on BIA in Kenya: Bridge vs. Reality: a study of Bridge International Academies for-profit schooling in Kenya: https://download.ei-ie.org/Docs/WebDepot/Bridge%20vs%20Reality_GR%20Report.pdf
Education International report (sept 2016) on BIA in Uganda: Schooling the Poor profitably: the innovations and deprivations of Bridge International Academies in Uganda: http:///2cSQidq
August 2016 statement by civil society on the closure of BIA in Uganda: http:///2fTQM8Q
May 2015 statement signed by 120 organisations related to the World Bank’s support to BIA: http:///statementWBprivatisation
July 2016 UN Resolution urging States to regulate education providers and support public education: http:///PRHRC2016eng