“5 Quarters,” a Cairo-based medical startup, has raised Seed funding from a Saudi angel investor to fuel its Saudi expansion plans and add new services for medical professionals. 5 Quarters, founded in 2016 by Mohamed Salah and Noha Emad, began as a medical and dental courses startup and has been in the medical education market…
Following the successful debut of the EdTech platform RiseBack.org, which provided students in the USA with access to affordable higher education, Indian American social entrepreneur Dr. Tausif Malik has now introduced a similar platform for African professionals and students. RiseBack is a pioneering EdTech platform that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs. RiseBack has partnered…
With outstanding results, Jobberman, the largest online training and job placement platform in sub-Saharan Africa, has broadened its non-cognitive soft-skills training to cover low-tech messaging networks like WhatsApp and Telegram. The program had a 41 percent completion rate over a five-month period, which is nearly three times higher than the typical completion rate for certificated…
Africa has a growing economy with a large and vibrant population. Consequently, innovative EdTech founders of African descent are not leaving any stone unturned to create platforms that promote a customized learning experience for users. Distance is no longer a barrier. More so, students can now learn at their own pace. The Covid-19 pandemic contributed…
FoondaMate, a South African edTech company, has raised $2 million in a seed round headed by LocalGlobe, a UK-based venture capital firm, to grow its Whatsapp and Facebook-based learning chatbot abroad. Other investors included Emerge Education, FirstCheckAfrica‘s Odunayo Eweniyi, Future Africa’s Iyin Aboyeji, and LoftyInc, as well as Luno’s Marcus Swanepoel and Justworks’ Isaac Oates….