Following the official January 1, 2014 launch, it was discovered that the first set of users were predominantly composed of tutors who were excited about having a platform to create courses and aid in classroom learning.

The level of acceptance of the platform is high and offers diverse classes including soft skill courses, language learning and exam preparation . There is no restriction on the type of content users can create. Essentially, there’s a unique course for everyone who takes part.

“Everything can be taught and learned online. I’m a good example, I learned how to swim online,” Olaogun said. “As a learner you can use the platform by enrolling for any course of your choice, while [for] a tutor we provide tools to create courses and deliver the content to your learners.”

Growth, Competitiveness and Partnerships

He also shared some of the platform’s success stories.

“One is aiding out-of-classroom learning in some University of Lagos post graduate courses. Most of the students of post graduate courses in universities have daytime jobs — hence the need to have out-of-classroom lessons to make up for their busy schedules,” he said.

On the ultimate vision for the platform he said the goal is to create a teaching and learning platform that helps educators and learners at the same time.

“I am satisfied at the company’s current stage; however, we are still learning and adapting our platform,” he said.

Going forward the focus will be on helping tutors to create effective course contents.

“E-learning has two broad spheres, one being content and the other delivery. Helping tutors create content will go a long way in improving the quality of our content, while we keep improving our technology to deliver content effectively to learners,” he said.

Even though the company is not yet self-sustaining, he said, it is generating revenue and recording growth in the number of active users since its January launch.

“We currently have over 2,000 active users with over 5,000 total registered in 6 months. We plan to double that tally at least [before the end of December],” Olaogun said. “We have partnerships, the latest being with sterio.me. We also have a few in the pipeline.”