Education is one of the sectors least catered for in the startup scene across Africa. Most youth in Africa have been burdened with having to resit both local and sub-regional exams. Prepclass NG Limited is an MIT mentored social enterprise that helps students access all the resources they need to prepare for exams.
Product
Prepclass is a web based, mobile responsive platform that provides students with high quality content related to local exams and helps them monitor and measure their preparedness for the exam. Our platform is mobile responsive and works across all sorts of devices.
Our flagship product ensures that students writing uni entrance examinations study efficiently with access to a plethora of past question material and a robust algorithm that allows us determine their strengths and weaknesses.
Value
We provide students access to a plethora of past question material and we have a robust algorithm that allows us determine their strengths and weaknesses.
Successes
We have prepared more than 2000 students with 80,000 total page views. We emerged as the overall winner from Africa at the IndiaAfrica 2014 competition that brought together startup from across Africa and beyond. Currently nominated for 2014 World Technology Award, New York. Invited to showcase Prepclass at the MIT Global StartUp Lab in Boston. Featured by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in Africa. We won the TechCabal BattleField Competition in February and we were among the 2014 Nominee Future Awards in the Education Category
Team
Obanor Chukwuweam – is an Ex Rocket Internet staff who has worked for Jumia and shortly for Jovago. At Jumia, he was an online marketing specialist and he managed ad spend of about a million euros on Facebook and Google marketing. He also worked at Google and Ericsson. Chukwuwezam was born into an educationalist background and his family has successfully run an education business for over 20 years. His roles in include Online Marketing, Sales, Fundraising and Public relations, Product conceptualization and Legal.
Ogunlana Olumide – is an Ex Rocket Internet and StartUp Partners Africa staff. He worked at Kaymu as a category manager and helped several sellers on the platform increase their sales. At StartUp partners Africa he worked as a business developer. He was a Nigerian delegate at World Business Dialogue Germany and ISFiT Norway. He is a First class engineering graduate of the University of Lagos. His passion for education stems from his desires to see more young people achieve the kind of success he did while in the university. His roles include; Offline marketing, Content management, Product development/conceptualization, HR.
Asides the both of us, we have a tech lead, a business developer and process manager on the team
Development Stack
Confidential
Contact/Social Media/Job Openings:
All our job opening are either placed on our site or on Jobberman, but we are always happy to speak with very smart young individuals that would like to work with us.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/prepclassng
Facebook: http://facebook.com/prepclass.com.ng
Google+: http://gplus.to/prepclass
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