Technological innovations have continued to make significant impacts in education, enhancing learning experiences, accessibility, and efficiency.
They facilitate personalized learning, enabling students to progress at their own pace. Additionally, ed tech fosters interactive and engaging lessons, making education more enjoyable and effective. It also provides educators and school managements with valuable tools for data-driven decision-making, ultimately improving instructional strategies. However, challenges like the digital divide need addressing to ensure equitable access to these innovations.
Edtech Startups
Edtech startups are companies that leverages technology to provide innovative solutions and services in the education sector. These startups often focus on creating digital tools, platforms, or applications to enhance the learning processes, improve educational outcomes, and streamline administrative processes in schools and educational institutions. The main objective of these companies is to address challenges in education through the integration of technology, offering solutions such as online learning platforms, educational apps, virtual classrooms, and tools for personalized learning, tools for students data management.
Technological innovations are disrupting the processes of teaching, leaning, and school management globally. And Africa is not lagging behind and it continues to make a mark on the sand of education technological advancement.
Edtech Startup industry in Africa worth over $1.1 billion.
There are about 183 startups leveraging technological innovations to provide educational solutions.
- Go1
- Caif
- GEMS Africa
- Ubongo
- uLesson
- Almentor.net
- SPERK Schools
- Bridge International Academies
- Enko Education
- GoMyCode
- Kukua
- Meaningful Gigs
- Valenture Institute
- Maarifa Education Holdings
- HyperionDev
- Every1Mobile
- GetSmarter
- Software Development Academy
- Edukoya
- The Student Hub
- Kibo School $2 million
- iSchool
- Codepym
- eCampus
- Stutern
- Teesas $1.6 million
- Semicolon $1.2 million
- Altschool $1 million
- Kunda Kids $800,000
- Edves $766,500
- Njakodekids $350,000
- PrepClass $322,000
- HITCH $290,000
- Klas $245,000
- Schoolable $190,000
- EduRecords $156,800
- Gradely NG $135,000
- Tuteria $105,000ScholarX $100,000
- Gidi Mobile $50,000
- Savvy Fellowship $25,000
- Kidato
- Pass.ng
- M-Shule
- Code College
- Nikasemo
- CodeX
- CodeSpace
- Kudia Africa
- Edukite
- IXperience
- Extramarks
- Riseback
- GetBundi
- Utiva
- Kidato
- Zedny
Go1
Go1 is a South an edtech startup that provides eLearning solutions for digital learning for entire workforce in South Africa. Founded in 2015, Go1 is the number 1 edtech startup in Africa in terms of capital funding, having raised a total of $280 million capital in Series D.
caif
Caif is e-learning platform that provides of training services streamline the process of hiring by offering appropriate training courses.
Founded in 2003, caif has raised $88 million in venture capital.
GEMS Africa
GEMS is a global leading schools company, and has been in existence since 1968.
Gems is in the forefront of the integration of technological solution with business development.
Gems Consulting partners with Microsoft Gold certified in Nigeria to offer bespoke solutions in
Microsoft Dynamics ERP (Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations & Dynamics NAV)
Microsoft Dynamics Customer Engagement Management (Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement)
Business Productivity (Microsoft 365)
Electronic Document Management Systems (Microsoft SharePoint)
Business Intelligence (Power BI)
Cloud Transformation (Azure)
The company has raised about $45 million in capital through private equity
Ubongo
Ubongo is an African Edtech in Africa that creates top-quality, localized edutainment videos, cartoons to help Africa's 500 million kids learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives.
Founded in 2013, Ubongo Kids has received total of $27,825,000.00 in grant.