MANGWEE ZAMBIA
Although required by the Zambian government to have automated records management, the majority of schools in Zambia do not as yet have these systems in place. “Doing things manually has become a hindrance for most learning institutions, and we help them bridge that gap and improve their operations,” said Inonge Imasiku, founder of Mangwee in Zambia, a payment platform and data management system. The integrated one-stop shop platform helps learning institutions automate all their processes, including collecting fees, managing school records, and online learning, and seven educational institutions have now signed up to Mangwee. #FastTrackTech assisted Imasiku and her team to strengthen her business model through a series of webinars. “They were instrumental in building up our teams,” Imasiku said.
Natasha Himoonga, student services manager of the distance-learning Keystone University of Africa, which adopted the Mangwee platform in July 2020, says she never wants to go back to manual inputting. “What used to take me 3 days I can now do in a day. Productivity is high,” she said. Life for the students has also become easier. Rather than having to physically visit the campus, they can submit payments, receive study material, hand in work and receive their grades all online, all in real time rather than in weeks. For some rural students, the infrastructure has yet to catch up with the technology: internet connections can be slow or non-existent. “When the infrastructure improves, we will be able to reach many more students in rural areas,” Himoonga said hopefully.
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Financed by Canada, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands Trust Fund IV, the #FastTrackTech Africa project is implemented by the International Trade Centre. The project is committed to support digital entrepreneurs who aspire to international growth.
https://www.intracen.org/e-Trade-for-Impact/Fast-Tracking-Digital-Entrepreneurship-in-Africa/
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