Best EdTech Companies in Lagos, Nigeria
The 95 best EdTech companies in Lagos, Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: uLesson.
Our analysis of 261 EdTech companies
$20.4b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Lagos
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uLesson Provider of online learning platform for school students | $26M | 54 mo ago | Series B | — | 2019 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+28 | 1 internship |
| 2 | Edves Integrated management platform for schools | $3M | 31 mo ago | Series A | Dare Adebayo Co-Founder & Coo | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 3 | Teesas App-based platform offering online courses for students | $2M | 53 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | Klas Platform providing learning management solutions | $1M | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+10 | — |
| 5 | PrepClass Online platform for test preparation | $400K | 94 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | PHPCKEditorChart.js+17 | — |
| 6 | Schoolable Provider of financial services for private school system | $190K | 86 mo ago | Seed | Henry Chibuzo Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 7 | ScholarX Scholarship discovery platform for Nigerian students | $140K | 83 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 8 | Imisi 3D Developer of VR based educational solutions | $95K | 90 mo ago | Funding Raised | Judith Okonkwo Founder | 2016 | — | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in Lagos
#1
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2015 · 84 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Integrated management platform for schools. It allows clients to manage the overall operational activities of schools. It automates various K-12 school processes, including registering pupils, managing classes, attendance, and result computation.
- Nov 2023Series A$1.4M
- Sep 2021Seed$575K
- Oct 2020Seed$500K
- Nov 2018Seed$120K
#2
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 11 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Platform providing learning management solutions. The platform enables users to schedule classes, monetize classes, and host live classes. The platform also enables managing attendance, managing reminder, and more.
- Feb 2024Seed$1M
- Dec 2022Seed$20K
- Mar 2022Angel$130K
#3
Series B · Lekki, Lagos · founded 2019 · 298 employees$25.6Mraised▾
uLesson is an educational technology company that provides an online learning platform for school students. It provides adaptive and interactive courses for students on various subjects like maths, chemistry, physics, and more.
- Dec 2021Series B$15M
- Jan 2021Series A$7.5M
- Nov 2019Seed$3.1M
- Apr 2019Seed—
#4
Seed · Ikeja, Lagos · founded 2020 · 82 employees$1.6Mraised▾
App-based platform offering online courses for students. The platform offers courses on mathematics, science, English, and more. Additionally, the platform provides entrance exam preparation, track progress, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
- Dec 2021Seed$1.6M
#5
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2013 · 91 employees$400Kraised▾
PrepClass provides an online platform that contains past questions for test prep for SAT, GRE, JAMB, post-JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and academic subjects. Parents can also book a personal tutor. Users can either simulate the computer-based test or study eventually wherein questions will be displayed according to the frequency of recurrence in the actual examination.
- Aug 2018Seed$300K
- May 2017Grant (prize money)$322.6K
- Sep 2015Seed—
- Feb 2014Grant (prize money)$20K
#6
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 24 employees$190Kraised▾
Operator of a fintech company intended to focus on providing access to affordable finance in the private school system in Africa. The company leverages the data created by schools and their interactions with stakeholders to collect money from parents on a monthly basis and provide it to schools, enabling parents to pay, save, get loans and help schools handle their transactions efficiently.
- Apr 2019Seed$40K
- Mar 2019Seed$150K
#7
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2020$24.3Kraised▾
AI-powered online institution offering globally recognized diplomas and short courses for the modern workforce. It is an AI-powered online learning institution offering globally recognized diplomas and short courses in high-demand careers. The platform combines world-class content from top universities and companies with intelligent learning tools that help students and professionals study smarter, conduct research, prepare for jobs, and grow their careers, all in one virtual campus.
- Dec 2021Seed$24.3K
#8
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 11 employees$140Kraised▾
ScholarX provides a discovery platform for scholarships for higher education Nigerian students across categories such as foreign scholarships, disability scholarships etc. Students can create their profiles and conduct personalized searches based on parameters such as gender, state, faculty, course, institution and CGPA. General scholarships are visible on the app for free and hidden scholarships can be seen at a subscription of $1.59 per year. They have options for bulk membership to make hidden scholarships available to a group of students as well. Its corporate partners are South Atlantic, Million Park and Bis Bim. The mobile app is available on iOS and Android.
- Jun 2019Seed$100K
- Nov 2018Seed$40K
#9
Funding Raised · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016$95Kraised▾
Imisi 3D is an extended reality creation lab engaged in developing immersive solutions and providing educational and engagement experiences leveraging augmented and virtual reality. Its chief offering levrn3 is an open-source virtual reality platform for curriculum-based learning modules that supports both immersive classroom experiences for teachers and students.
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$95K
#10
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017$65Kraised▾
Financial management platform for K12 schools. Allows administrators to monitor finance, manage fees payments, generate payslips, and more. Enables parents to choose a payment plan, apply, pay fees monthly and weekly.
- Aug 2018Seed$65K
#11
Seed · Lekki, Lagos · founded 2022—raised▾
Online learning platform. It offers live training courses related to multiple domains. It also provides access to global work opportunities, financial assistance, and more.
- Apr 2024Seed—
#12
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2018—raised▾
Ntapi is a mobile app for learning digital skill sets and classical methodologies in multiple languages. It supports English, Pidgin, and multiple indigenous languages. Its app is available on the Android platform.
- May 2022Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of EdTech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Lagos researches in edtech
Lagos State University and University of Lagos lead cautiously optimistic edtech research (mean stance 0.45), focusing on mobile and COVID-driven e-learning adoption, with minimal concern and no breakthroughs reported.
- Lagos State University10
- University of Lagos5
- Lagos State University of Education2
- Lagos State Health Service Commission1
- Lagos University Teaching Hospital1
Common questions
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