AltSchool Africa, the Nigerian edtech startup that trains Africans with in-demand tech expertise, is increasing to Europe because it seeks to diversify its income streams and speed up progress.

The edtech startup will launch its first operations in Malta—after being a part of a progress accelerator sponsored by the Malta authorities—and is hiring throughout its enterprise and growth, advertising and marketing, and content material manufacturing groups. 

AltSchool’s enlargement into Europe comes after it launched in Kenya in January 2024. Whereas the startup was launched in 2021 as a digital platform for individuals to earn diplomas in engineering, information, and enterprise analytics, it has seen curiosity in its companies develop past Nigeria. It now has a presence within the US and Rwanda, the place it opened an workplace on the Norrsken Hub in 2023.

Europe is the startup’s third-largest market, with learners from over 12 European nations, in accordance with AltSchool CEO Adewale Yusuf. The corporate whose in depth curriculum covers enterprise, information, engineering, media, and the artistic economic system will supply the identical curriculum in Europe alongside AI and information analytics modules. AltSchool will take its first cohort of learners in Malta by 2025. 

Yusuf claims the startup is approaching profitability, and the recent enlargement will help its income progress. 

AltSchool, whose enterprise mannequin in Africa has been primarily targeted on on-line studying, will arrange campuses in Malta because it introduces a hybrid strategy the place learners can have in-person studying classes with tutors. 

“As a result of we’re an alternate faculty, there are some components of the particular conventional faculty that work, and we wish to take the very best of either side,” mentioned Rachael Onoja, the startup’s head of innovation and market enlargement. 

AltSchool will likely be exploring a B2B mannequin alongside its B2C mannequin in Europe by partnering with organizations to  curate tailor-made coaching programs for his or her staff and aiding them with content material growth and studying infrastructure. The startup is near closing a kind of offers, in accordance with Onaja. 

“We observed that in Africa and even some components of different components of the world, some firms have been reaching out to us, asking for help for workforce growth. So we wish to see how we will scale that to supply enterprise licensing to companies seeking to upskill staff,” Onaja advised TechCabal.

AltSchool will compete with startups like Bloomtech in Europe. Yusuf claims the startup will differentiate itself by neighborhood and customized studying. The edtech will use the identical subscription mannequin for Europe however will cost completely different value factors.

AltSchool has to this point supported about 100,000 learners throughout eight African nations and twelve European nations.

“Proper now, we’re partnering with native universities on floor, and in addition partnering with organizations, firms, and even the federal government to implement some attributes of our implementation plan, as a result of it takes a village.”