Our story

Built by educators,
for educators.

ERZlearn was born out of frustration with fragmented, expensive, and hard-to-use school management software. We believed schools deserved better.

Our mission

Empower every school to do more with less.

We believe that great education technology should be accessible to every institution, not just those with large IT budgets. ERZlearn is our answer — a powerful, affordable, and genuinely usable platform designed for the real challenges schools face every day.

Our special focus is Africa, where a rapidly growing student population is underserved by software built for Western infrastructure and pricing models. ERZlearn supports local payment methods, works on low-bandwidth connections, and is priced for the realities of the African education market.

100+
Schools using ERZlearn
50k+
Active students
12
Countries served
4.9
Average customer rating

Our values.

These aren't words on a wall — they're the principles behind every product decision we make.

Built to last

We build for the long term. Our architecture is designed for reliability, and we never sacrifice stability for speed. Schools depend on us — we take that responsibility seriously.

Africa first

Our payment integrations, pricing, and offline capabilities are designed for African educational contexts first, then adapted for global use — not the other way around.

Radically transparent

No hidden fees. No lock-in contracts. No surprise limitations. What you see is what you get — and we publish our roadmap publicly so schools can plan ahead.

Simple is powerful

We believe the most powerful product is the one people actually use. Every feature we build must be usable without training — for teachers, parents, and students alike.

The people behind
ERZlearn.

A diverse team of engineers, educators, and education advocates — united by the belief that better software changes lives.

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Emmanuel Rodrigues
CEO & Co-founder

Former head of IT at Greenfield Academy. Built the first version of ERZlearn to solve his own school's problems. Passionate about edtech access in West Africa.

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Ama Asante
CTO & Co-founder

10 years of engineering experience across fintech and edtech. Leads our platform architecture and obsesses over performance on low-bandwidth networks.

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Kwame Mensah
Head of Product

Former curriculum designer turned product manager. Spends half his time in schools watching real users navigate ERZlearn — and the other half fixing what he finds.

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Fatima Nakamura
Head of Customer Success

Leads onboarding and support. Has personally onboarded over 60 schools. Believes no school should ever feel alone after signing up.

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David Osei
Lead Engineer

Full-stack engineer focused on reliability and security. Maintains our 99% uptime SLA and leads our quarterly security audits.

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Zara Larbi
Head of Design

Designs every pixel of ERZlearn with teachers and students in mind. Former UX researcher at a global edtech firm — now focused on making complex tools feel simple.

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James Aboagye
Head of Sales

Grew up in the Ghanaian education system and knows its challenges first-hand. Leads partnerships with schools and education ministries across the continent.

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Tunde Balogun
Finance & Operations

Keeps the business running smoothly. Former CFO in the education sector — brings institutional knowledge to building our billing and compliance systems.

From classroom
to platform.

1
2021
The idea is born
Emmanuel, frustrated with juggling 6 different tools to manage his school, starts building a unified platform on weekends. The first version is a spreadsheet connected to Google Forms.
2
2022
First 5 schools
After months of development with Ama, ERZlearn launches its first proper version with 5 pilot schools in Accra. Attendance, gradebook, and parent notifications go live. Feedback floods in — so does the motivation.
3
2023
Seed funding & team growth
ERZlearn raises seed funding from African and international edtech investors. The team grows to 12 people. Exam builder, timetable, and fee management modules launch. First customers outside Ghana.
4
2024
50 schools and counting
ERZlearn reaches 50 active schools across 8 countries. Parent portal and mobile apps launch. Flutterwave and M-Pesa integrations go live. First university partnership signed.
5
2025
100+ schools · Series A
Over 100 schools and 50,000 students on the platform. Series A funding secured. Enterprise tier launches with white-labeling, SSO, and API access. Expanding to East and Francophone Africa.
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Want to work
with us?

We're a small, mission-driven team. If you care about education and love building great software, we'd love to hear from you.