AltSchool Africa operates a remote-first online school that upskills non-technical and early-career learners with technical and soft skills and partners with higher institutions to provide diploma certificates. Its one-year software engineering program offers three tracks—frontend, backend, and cloud—with nine months of coursework followed by a three-month internship at local tech companies. Admission requires a home study kit, an assessment with an 85% pass mark for full entry, and the platform also exposes first-semester content for free to those not admitted. More than 8,000 people from 19 countries applied for the cohort starting in April, with strongest interest from Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Botswana. AltSchool currently uses an income-sharing agreement (graduates pay $500 after being hired, payable in installments) but is considering switching to a $20–$50 monthly subscription for the next batch. The company plans to add product, blockchain, and data courses (product modules targeted for Q2) and is exploring B2B partnerships with private schools while building content, technology infrastructure, and an offline/online community model.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2022