Rekindle Learning

Rekindle Learning uses technology to improve learning efficiency, we reduce time it takes to become productive and competent. We use technology to up skill women to the 4th Industrial Revolution. The platform distributes educational content, gathers feedback, participants’ data and monitor and evaluate participants on it. Certification for completed modules.

Rekindle Learning products and services consist of quality curated education modules and resources for  SMBs and digital professions on an online platform curated from diverse partners who are subject matter experts that will enable women the 4th Industrial revolution. The Rekindle Learning platform will prepare SMBs and women for that future, we will use technology to encourage learning that is curated online and will fosters skills like teamwork, communication and exploration. Rekindle Learning technology platform will be drive women to be open minded regarding learning new digital concepts that can be applicable and beneficial to enabling skills development, promote educational and entrepreneurship knowledge in relation to e-commerce and m-commerce technology applications since they are continents future. The greatest benefit to the society will be in the adoption to ICT intensive jobs in the regions. This will enable the majority of the women to be adaptive to digital design, creation and engineering and build a pipeline of future skills. Enabling the society to be more knowledgeable through the Rekindle Learning platform at their convenience enabling the communities to benefit from the right curriculum/content and opportunities available in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. What makes the business model very novel is the online training relies on a platform that has online or offline capabilities once the application has been downloaded. The product is novel since it enables the women pay a reasonable subscription fee once off for a month to learn on their mobile web or tablet devices at their own convenience from anywhere at any time enabling upskilling, applying the knowledge learnt on their ventures and enable their growth leading to more employment opportunities for the community due to growth of the ventures.

The problem is lack of exposure to online learning resource platform where they go for guidance in terms of entrepreneurial ideas and information. I attended a government public school for primary in Nairobi which was in an urban area and a Catholic girl’s high school in the rural area. My experiences in these two schools with different settings enabled me to understand what advantages in terms of opportunities and information girls who schooled in urban cities got versus the girls who studied upcountry. Most women do not know how to leverage on the internet for knowledge and opportunities available online.

My current role consulting for Googles Digital Skills Africa program as the Online Engagement Manager for the DSA program. My role involves getting all the necessary free online resources in one platform. What is taught in institutions can be obtained from a quick Google search and an Excel spread sheet. In the 4th Industrial Revolution most jobs will be automated in the next 20 years. The Rekindle Learning platform will prepare SMBs and women for that future, we will use technology to encourage learning that is curated online and will foster skills like teamwork, communication and exploration of technology. 

The online training relies on a platform that has online or offline capabilities once downloaded. The product is novel as it enables participants to learn at a once off subscription fee to learn on mobile, web or tablet devices at their own convenience. Rekindle Learning will raise social capital and collaborative posture of the SMBs through Social platforms on the African Continent. This will be a very reasonable fee for getting educated and upskilling their entrepreneurial knowledge. Participants will find out about the products through promoted posts on online web based, social platforms, and partnership organisations.

Track downloads in the app store - 10,000 people in Kenya download our app

We will measure the participant milestones completed during the training. - Engagement on the application

We will measure through metrics on survey given to participants on the status of their ventures. - Impact of participants

The solution is innovative because train participants both online and offline. We will administer online mobile/email survey to be filled by participants post training in real time with geolocation enabled tracking. This there will be real time monitoring and evaluation. The main competitors are the existing educational platforms that offer the same information for free. Having consulted for Google and Intel She Will Connect on their online programs. I have realised there are brilliant training programs that are currently working in Silos. The Rekindle Learning platform aims to be a one stop solution by curating great programs in one place.

The Rekindle Learning technology platform will drive women to be open minded regarding learning new digital concepts that can be applicable and beneficial to enabling skills development, promote entrepreneurship knowledge in relation to e-commerce and m-commerce technology applications. The greatest benefit to the society will be in the adoption to ICT intensive application. Future-ready curricula that encourage critical thinking, creativity and emotional intelligence as well as accelerate acquisition of digital skills to match the way women work will be designed. Enabling the communities to be more knowledgeable through the platform at their convenience enabling them benefit from the right opportunities.

This solution will be downloaded from Google playstore. After participants subscribing and paying a fee through links on websites and platforms. Participants will pay the $2 Subscription fee for some subscribed training content (Breakdown of charges $1 for the platform and $1 administration and consultation fees). We will work with partners to get the subscription fee down to $1 to be paid by the participants as commitment fee. In return participants will access partner products which will be devices or micro loans. This will be a very reasonable fee for getting educated and upskilling their entrepreneurial knowledge at convenience.

My (Celestine Ukpere) current role is consulting for Googles Digital Skills Africa program. I am the Online Engagement Manager SSA for the DSA program. My role involves getting all the necessary free online resources on one platform and making sure that there are traction and engagement on the platform. I also do part time lecturing to local universities as an E- Marketing consultant lecturer and do some digital strategy consultancy for Intel’s She Will Connect Facebook Page. Rekindle Learning Founder Rapelang Rabanas role current way of earning while we wait for the platform to scale is through public speaking engagements

Infrastructure factors will limit the solution succeeding in some regions especially the rural areas some of these will include costs in terms of data and device costs, no access to the internet, costly data of networks available in the region and lack of the appropriate devices which will be smart phones of 3G and 4G enabled devices to be used by the participants. The last factor will be preference of participants using our main competitors’ products which are all the existing educational platforms that offer the same information for free. All they will need are devices and invest data costs

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Solve give me the opportunity to be part of the leaders who bring revolutionary change the online learning and entrepreneurship space on the continent,  and enable me to achieve great success and impact due to the diverse networks and partners that are involved Being part of solve will contribute to my career and impact positively. My career as the Engagement Manager for DSA Googles program in (SSA) Africa will enable me deliver great quality curriculum and an impactful online experience for women entrepreneurs. I have done Entrepreneurship Leadership from ALA in Johannesburg which was very enlightening.

Google is our current partner for the Google Digital Marketing Training for the Youth program which we recruit and hire third party trainers in the diverse SADC Countries ( Southern Africa). This has enabled Rekindle Learning to be one of the training partners in the SADC region https://digitalskills.withgoog...

There are 3 well-known competitors. BRCK Education, KYTABU and ENEZA