Fourteen years ago, Faiz Bashir began his journey with FlexiSAF with a vision to tackle the administrative challenges Nigerian schools faced with enrolment, grading and record-keeping. Within just twenty days, he developed a software solution that has since been adopted by 120 tertiary institutionsand 700 schools across the country. However, as he navigated the complexities of educational administration, Bashir discovered that the true challenge lay not in administration but in delivering quality education.
In Africa, a continent that boasts the world’s youngest population where 60% are under 25 and has the fastest-growing tertiary enrolment rate globally at 4.3% per year; there was a need to go a step further. Market Data Forecast revealed that the eLearning market across the continent is projected to grow from $200 million to $20 billion by 2032. These statistics are real and the demands are mounting as institutions struggle with hiring lecturers or developing curricula. For an innovator like Bashir, the vision was how to create a solution through AI.
Delivering Excellence with AWS
Today, 130,000 learners across 260 universities are the beneficiaries of the ingenious solution by FlexiSAF in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), with the launch of Distinction.app in April 2024. The platform which runs entirely on AWS Generative AI models from Amazon Bedrock, specifically Nova and Titan, power content generation while sixteen microservices handle everything from document processing to student analytics.
The app has been so helpful enabling students with personalised learning paths that adapt in real time, giving automated grading and instant feedback. It is so
