AltSchool Africa

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AltSchool Africa
IndustryEducation
Headquarters
Nigeria
Key people
Adewale Yusuf - CEO

Akintunde Sultan

Opeyemi Awoyemi
Website https://www.altschoolafrica.com/

AltSchool Africa is a digital based learning platform. [1] It was founded in 2021 by Adewale Yusuf, Akintunde Sultan and Opeyemi Awoyemi. [2]

History

In 2022, AltSchool Africa raised $1 million pre-seed funding. [3] In March 2022, Unity Bank partnered with AltSchool Africa to train female software engineers. [4] [5]

As of September 2023, it announced it had 20000 students from Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, and the United Kingdom were enrolled on the platform as of September 2023.

In September 2023, Falz, Mr. Macaroni, Do2tun, Nora Awolowo, Joey Akan, and Chinonso Egemba were named as facilitators for the creative business arm of the school. [6]

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