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Higher Education Startups in Africa

Higher Education in West Africa is a growing market with increasing demand for quality education. Local business leaders are bullish about the potential, seeing it as a key driver of economic growth. Players like Maarifa, Educatly, and EduOne are making significant strides in providing accessible and affordable education options. On the ground, there is a growing emphasis on technology-enabled learning and skills development to meet the evolving needs of the job market.

Avg. Deal Size
$1.3M+0%
Active Startups
7+0%
Total Funding
$11.5M+0%
Avg. Growth
0%+0%

Market Map

7 companies in this sector

CompanyTaglineTotal FundingLast RoundTeam SizeBackersAction
Les Écoles Idéales
Les Écoles Idéales
Tunisia

Les Écoles Idéales is a Tunisia-based private education platform offering primary and college education in many languages.

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Funding Round
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201-500
No Data
Groundflr
Groundflr
South Africa

Groundflr creates and designs the education for the future of work.

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10-50
No Data
Maarifa Education Holdings
Maarifa Education Holdings
Kenya

Maarifa Education provides high quality, accessible and market-relevant higher education through the investment in private universities.

$7M
Venture
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2-10
No Data
Educatly
Educatly
Egypt

Educatly helps students study abroad at leading universities, and provides universities with access to a global student market.

$4M
Seed
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11-50
No Data
EduOne
EduOne
South Africa

EduOne builds digital platforms to help people with career guidance, mentorship programmes, bursary beneficiary recruitment and more.

$620K
Seed
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11-50
No Data
Instill Education
Instill Education
South Africa

Instill Education is a start-up educational organisation with a vision to transform teaching and school leadership across Africa.

$250K
Seed
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2-10
No Data

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