Why Are African Students Heavily Marginalized

Why have we marginalized African students so much, especially at the tertiary level?

Their central pain point is acquiring new knowledge (specialized), and internalizing this knowledge well enough so that when they are asked in an exam or test, they are able to communicate this knowledge back clearly and concisely to earn themselves good grades and graduate ‘colorfully’. But we don’t create solutions to help make this focal pain point easy for them rather we have abandoned them to be ravaged and ‘figure shit out by themselves’ meanwhile; we focus our energies on creating technologies that make our marketplace more in sync with the global marketplace while we neglect our future Africans to wallow and be submerged in failures after failure until their innate power is lost to self-doubt and they are pushed to embrace mediocrity as their best bet.

Let me put this in a more practical context; the girl that would spearhead the first all-African moon landing is probably somewhere in a university in the south of Nigeria struggling with calculus or some quantum physics class. The recommended text is not helping her we are in a digital age, and Google is giving her mixed results and she is further confused, her lecturer thinks half of the class gets it why is it so difficult for her (“maybe you are not cut out for this” he’d insinuate). This girl internalizes the harshness and the “hopelessness” so much that her dreams get sucked away and she ends up becoming a social media influencer or a WhatsApp vendor (selling men’s shoes) to earn a living for herself. (I know this might be extreme but you will be shocked at how much of a reality it is…)

Currently, an average Nigerian student spends between $10 and $50 every semester acquiring perishable study tools such as past question booklets and handouts which they often end up not using, and I don’t blame them, all other activities they partake in are supported by some digital solution or the other except their core activity (Preparing for examination) Qhub is the only solution currently in the market addressing this issue at this level with a unique combination of offerings, where studies can be done with any device and at any time or place.

We have invested a total of $21k in both sweat equity and funds contributions by the founders to develop a working MVP which currently has over 300+ users, a growing community with 20+ subject experts, and 2k+ Past questions and solutions from 5 universities in Nigeria. Our short-term goal is to be present in all institutions across South West Nigeria in the next 12 months and replicate our success across the country and finally across the continent and perhaps globally.  

Our revenue generation model is simple our users pay us an average of $10 per year to use the service.

Our founders are well-equipped for this; Olumide is a seasoned software developer with over four years of working experience under his belt and has contributed to a wide array of products. Jelilat has 3 years of experience lecturing at the university and creating instructional design materials and being. And I have been in the education industry for over 3 years, consulting and counseling students. Together we share 1 common attribute which is a burning passion to bring the African youth to a place of excellence through education

 

We are currently seeking to be joined by angel investors who have a similar passion and are able to walk this path with us. We are also seeking a cash injection of up to $50k to acquire our first 10k customers from which we anticipate generating a minimum of $60k in revenue within the next 6 to 11 months.  Angels, the quality of education we can create for our students directly affects the career opportunity they can access which in turn affects their earning and economic power. Join us as we brighten the future of the African continent.

 

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