How is your business helping to solve the health, social, or economic challenges created by COVID19?
We are providing learning and revision materials via technology that is within the reach of at least 90% of African homes - a basic mobile phone with a connection to a telecommunications network. This means that the vast majority of learners in Africa who do not have access to the internet can continue to learn and revise via our platform and minimise disruption to their learning. They can also ask teachers specific questions through our platform and receive responses in under 5 minutes. We usually charge 3 US cents for this service but have partnered with with a leading telco to provide it for free for two months and are currently looking for additional partners to work with to extend the free period to all learners across the country in Kenya. Currently we have 1.25 million learners subscribed to our platform for free. They took 1.44m lessons on our platform in April and asked over 400k questions to teachers.
Does your business contribute most to recovery, response, or resilience?
Response - we're responding directly to issues caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak.
What is the stage of your product development?
I have a market ready product/service. I have sold to customers.
What strengths does your team bring? Include skills and personal experience with the problem.
Our CEO is a B.Ed graduate with over 15 years senior management experience in publishing, online content and digital business, all of which dovetail well with her role at Eneza.;Our CTO is an ex-Andela senior whose experience spans work with telcos partners across Africa building and deploying content solutions;Our CFO is ex-KPMG with additional years of experience as Finance Manager in the start up sector;Our Country Director in Cote d'Ivoire founded a platform that developed and distributed exam practice content in Cote d'Ivoire.We call ourselves a team of teachers and techies, with our team of 44 staff across the group boasting 11 and 7 (former) teachers. In addition we work with circa 80 active duty teachers to continue to develop and review content for our platform as well as to respond in real time to questions asked by learners on our platform on a daily basis.
What countries do you operate in?
Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.
Is your company headquartered in a US "Opportunity Zone"?
No
