NIGERIA – Edtech startup alGROWithm has secured funding from Digital Africa to scale its proprietary Growth Talent Accelerator Programme to more people across six African countries.

alGROWithm aims to use the funding to do two things this year — offer scholarships for aspiring Growth Hackers to join their programs and fuels the expansion of their training programs into new African markets.

GTAP is now a mainstay feature of alGROWithm Academy’s EdTech offerings. It is open to applicants from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa, amplifying its reach alongside its original bases in Nigeria and Ghana. Applications for their next cohort close in February.

“Since our pilot in 2022, we’ve identified two critical needs in the ecosystem. There’s a persistent demand for more Growth Hacking talent, demonstrated by the swift employment of our past trainees,” Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Bili Sule, said.

“Secondly, we observed that many companies also sought to up-skill their existing teams instead of starting from scratch with new talent.” 

GTAP is offered in two classes — GTAP Lite and GTAP Pro which the company says are crafted for individuals and companies, respectively. 

GTAP Lite is the 100% online version that caters to individual Growth enthusiasts, while GTAP Pro empowers companies to transform their existing internal teams into Growth Engineers. Pro is also deployed through a hybrid delivery structure that includes in-person Growth Hacking boot camps, as well as online lectures and workshops. 

The company has previously worked with companies such as Paga, Figorr, and Kebble. This year it targets to train over 150 Growth Leads across East, West, and Southern Africa. This will be done in two cohorts one in February and the second in June.

AltSchool Africa launches in Kenya

Meanwhile, EdTech platform, AltSchool Africa has officially launched in Kenya. 

Founder Adewale Yusuf points out that Kenya currently ranks behind Nigeria in terms of learner enrollments hence the need to set up shop in the country.

From data shared by Mr. Yusuf, Kenya has 610 registered users on the platform. This places the country second but way behind Nigeria where 43,886 learners are registered. 

The move into Kenya is seen as a push to grow Altschool Africa in the East African market. In this region, Rwanda is second to Kenya with 106 users, while Uganda is third with only 50. Tabitha Kayvu will lead the startup’s operations in Kenya.

Since its launch in 2021 , AltSchool Africa has supported over 18,000 learners from 84 countries to start a career in tech. It started with the School of Engineering, the School of Product, and the School of Data. Subsequently, the EdTech platform launched the School of Business and the School of Creative Economy in 2023.

The five schools offer courses ranging from sales to digital marketing, fintech product management, and data engineering. Some courses are short-term 6 weeks courses while others are a year long diploma.

In 2022, the company raised US$1 million in a pre-seed round that had Nigerian investors. The Nigerian Startup is the second from the country to announce expansion into Kenya in one week.

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