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Top Story: Alef Education and AfricAI Launch AI NextGen Learning to Bridge Learning Gaps Across 18 African Countries
Alef Education, a UAE-based global education technology firm, has signed a MoU with AfricAI, a Nigeria-based company with operations across 18 African countries, to deploy a large-scale digital learning initiative aimed at improving foundational education in Nigeria.
The partnership will see the launch of NextGen Learning Nigeria, a programme designed to deliver technology-enabled education at scale, enhance student outcomes, and align with the country’s national education priorities.
The collaboration marks a significant expansion of Alef Education’s footprint in Africa, building on its earlier deployment in Morocco. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the initiative aims to address long-standing gaps in foundational learning, particularly in public education systems where access to quality teaching resources remains uneven.
“This partnership with AfricAI represents a significant milestone in our mission to harness AI for transformative education outcomes. NextGen Learning Nigeria embodies our vision of an education ecosystem where every child, regardless of location, can access personalised, high-quality learning and achieve their full potential,” said Geoffrey Alphonso, CEO, Alef Education.
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On Startup Spotlight:
South Africa’s Littlefish Raises $9.5m to Build Financial Tools for SMEs Across Africa
Littlefish, a South African fintech start-up building financial infrastructure for small businesses, has raised $9.5 million in a Series A funding round to scale its merchant operating system and expand into new African markets. The investment is led by Partech with participation from Proparco, TLcom Capital, and Flourish Ventures.
Founded in Johannesburg in 2021, Littlefish offers a unified platform that integrates point-of-sale systems, customer relationship management (CRM), merchant portals, payments, and application programming interfaces (APIs).
“Whether you’re using online store tools, e-commerce tools, in-store tools, a book and a pen, an Excel spreadsheet, a bank account, a wallet, or an accounting package, these are all the things you’re expected to use nowadays,” said Brandon Roberts, co-founder and chief executive of Littlefish.
“The biggest problem we were going to solve is helping merchants,” said Neha Kumar, co-founder of Littlefish. “I think we can do it in a more scalable and impactful manner through the market approach we’ve taken, which is to go through the financial institutions.”
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
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Husk Power Wins FELAS Technovator Award for Leading Renewable Energy Transition. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
