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Africa’s edtech dream once centred on helping schoolchildren learn online. But as classrooms reopened and parents stopped paying, startups began chasing a new audience
By 2027, we want to see 30 million Nigerians trained and digitally empowered. We cannot do this alone, which is why we are working with partners,” Kashifu Abdullahi, NITDA DG said
Treford set to address the systemic skill gap issue among mid-level tech talents in Africa, offering comprehensive accelerator programs across design, product and marketing.
Gradely has been serving students in eight African countries, as well as Africans in the diaspora.
Edukoya's shutdown underscores the reality that K-12 learning models may no longer be viable.
Since its inception, AltSchool has successfully enrolled over 100,000 students in a diverse range of programmes, including engineering, business, creative industries, and cybersecurity.
Lingawa will cater to the diaspora market where Williams believes 20 million Africans exist, but half of them do not speak their mother tongue.
"Many young people in Badagry believe they need to go to Yaba or Lagos Island to learn tech. FiguresHub aims to change that perception."
Pan-African venture capital firm, Norrsken22 has closed its $205 million Africa Tech Growth Fund to back fintech, edtech and healthtech startups.
Over 200 edtech startups are spread across Africa using diverse models to bridge the quality education gap. This listicle captures a few of the edtech startups that will have covered previously.
Klas is a platform that allows anyone to set up an online school and deliver live classes. Their mission is to unlock the power of knowledge sharing.
In this edition of Zero to Scale, the founder and CEO of Skooqs and TCKZone Oluwadamilola Soyombo talks about how edtech startups can get more spotlight and Skooqs milestones and impact in less than a year with only grant funding.
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