Edukoya came to life after the founder and current CEO Honey Ogundeyi came across with the challenges that the Nigerian school education system is faced with.
Instead of complaining about the situation, she decided to do something about it to help the young generations of Nigeria.
The Lagos and London based edutech startup raised raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding led by European Venture Capital firm Target Global.
Edukoya is build an online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
Edukoya offers a range of features such as a 24/7 exam preparation and homework help, a question bank with step-by-step workings and personalised performance tracking systems.
Speaking to TechCrunch, Ogundeyi said, “Sometimes, even the most brilliant students can be let down by the system. If my parents hadn’t made the sacrifice for me to go abroad, all the successes that I’ve had in my career would have been completely different. Now, I have two kids, and seeing that same problem of going to school and struggling with some subjects made me look into getting after-school teachers.”
“And it just struck me that this thing hasn’t changed pretty much for the last 50 years. If we look at all the innovation across different industries, Africa’s education system has remained untouched for 50 years; it’s been stagnant,” said Ogundeyi.
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