About

Twenty-five years of advisory on ICT and AI in education.

About

A specialist advisory firm for the modernization of education systems.

  • 25+ years in the field
  • 20+ countries of engagement
  • 4 languages of delivery
  • 15+ publications and frameworks
Who we are

FCLR Consulting is an international advisory and implementation firm supporting governments, multilateral agencies and foundations to design, implement and scale inclusive, sustainable and AI-enabled reforms in education.

Built on more than twenty-five years of work alongside the World Bank Group, UNICEF, the Mastercard Foundation, Intel Corporation and Ministries of Education across Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and beyond.

Languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish — all fluent.

Geographic experience: Portugal · Brazil · Spain · Uzbekistan · Kenya · Rwanda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Senegal · South Africa · Mauritania · Chad · São Tomé and Príncipe · Ghana · Ethiopia · Togo · Mozambique · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Angola · and beyond.

Specialist network

To meet the full breadth of what complex education systems require, FCLR Consulting draws on a trusted network of senior specialists — assembled deliberately for each engagement rather than carried as overhead.

The network spans digital learning platforms, ICT infrastructure and connectivity, EMIS and data systems, AI and emerging technologies, teacher training and digital pedagogy, monitoring and evaluation, and education policy and governance. Each engagement is staffed with the right senior people — and only the right senior people — for the work at hand.

Founder
Frederico Antunes de Carvalho

Frederico Antunes de Carvalho

Founder & principal

An education technology specialist with more than twenty-five years of work supporting governments, multilateral agencies and development organisations on digital and AI-enabled reform in education.

Earlier in Frederico's career, Frederico led Intel Corporation's regional business across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, with a particular focus on education transformation programmes — including Kenya's One Million PCs for Students and Senegal's SAMA PC laptop programme.