Kenya - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Learnademy is a fully integrated online Learning Management System (LMS) providing innovative tools, solutions, and resources to support easy and convenient learning by enhancing collaboration and flexibility in all learning environments.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Learnademy is a fully integrated online Learning Management System (LMS) providing innovative tools, solutions, and resources to support easy and convenient learning by enhancing collaboration and flexibility in all learning environments. Essentially, Learnademy provides an all-in-one online learning platform that makes it easy for learners at all levels to access learning content, parents to collaborate with their children during the learning cycle, and educators (institutions, tutors, teachers, lecturers, etc) to publish and manage online learning modules for learners to access and utilize. Users create accounts on Learnademy, and based on their goals and needs, they access a dashboard and tools to facilitate online learning.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Lack or inadequate tools and resources to support collaboration in the learning cycle for learners, parents, and educators.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

In general, users get easy and convenient solutions to meet their learning needs in a secure, flexible, and cost-effective manner on any device. Learners regardless of their level get access to unlimited resources from educators in one place. This makes it possible for them to track their learning from different environments eg schools, workplaces, or even churches in one place leading to improved learning outcomes. Educators, including institutions, tutors, teachers lecturers and more get a seamless platform to host their online learning modules. Learnademy caters to all types of educators at all levels including corporate training modules. Parents can collaborate with their children easily on Learnademy. They can track child performance, activity, and more from their dashboard making it possible to make data-driven decisions on their children’s education

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

A learner seeking learning resources from their school or within the platform, a parent seeking to collaborate with their child in their learning or an educator seeking to host and manage their online learning modules

01.05 When was your company established?

2023-12-30

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

1

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

1

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

Silvia Sintamei: Has 7+ years of professional experience in Human Resource Management, Operations, marketing, and Organization Education Programmes. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Kenya Methodist University and a Diploma in Social Work and Social Development from the University of Nairobi. She is currently in charge of operations.

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://learnademy.com/

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Education Technology

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Our Learning Management System helps educators generate their income. We also improve learning outcomes, increasing employability for users

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

5

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

Learnademy partners with educators in the healthcare sector to publish health-related courses which users access to promote good health and well-being

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

Learnademy’s primary goal is to support education by providing tools and solutions to improve education delivery and learning outcomes for learners, parents, and educators. We have impacted education positively by reducing the costs involved, increasing efficiency for educators and increasing collaboration

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

We support equal opportunities to access learning solutions by making it safe and easy for women and girls to learn from the comfort of their gadgets

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

4

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

2

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

We equip educators with efficient online working tools and help organizations improve workplace quality through corporate training modules e.g. workplace safety and mental well-being

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

Learnademy is an EdTech, keen on leveraging and adopting emerging technologies in our approach, e.g. Artificial Intelligence to make make learning easy, convenient and affordable

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

Our primary market is Kenya, a 3rd world economy. We are keen on developing solutions for the solve learning challenges in Kenya and other 3rd world economies

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

Our online learning approach helps reduce paper and writing material consumption and waste. For instance, our online notepad for learners reduces reliance on notebooks and pens

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

4

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

We are partnering with organizations in the climate action space to create related learning resources to improve knowledge availability and access for citizens

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

4

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

4

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

Learnademy is keen on creating and fostering partnerships with like-minded partners across board to support and achieve shared success in respective vision and mission

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

3

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

5

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

5

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

6

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

5

06.08 Justification for my startup

We appreciate that there are players who offer part of the solutions we provide, it is vital to note that there is lack of a unified solution provider. Learnademy therefore stays ahead of the competition by expanding its solutions base and ensuring that these happen on a single dashboard

06.09 Competitive Analysis

Our main competition is Zeraki, Dawati, and Eneza. We have differentiated our product through our all-in-one solution approach, superior user experience and pricing.

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?