eCampus

Learn Smarter with eCampus classroom in your palm, giving you the power to self learn to your dreams.

Education is expensive, inaccessible, and inflexible. Quality learning materials are not equitably distributed. In many African countries teaching is seen as a last resort profession as salaries are low and conditions overall are not good. Student failure rates, especially for those from low-income homes, are high due to lack of access to good teachers and quality learning materials. Companies do not invest adequately in staff training due to the high financial costs.  

By helping teachers and professional trainers to provide content which is then digitised into formats to read, listen, watch, practice, and discuss, they are able to make extra income as eCampus literally puts the classroom in the palms of millions of students and employees across Africa. By making earnings dependent on subscriptions, eCampus is creating a viable learning ecosystem that improves access to education and skills training.

eCampus charges a subscription fee that is shared with teachers (see it as Uber for Teachers). In Ghana, students earn points while learning on eCampus, these points when accumulated are converted into credentials (digital badges) that are accepted by key companies for employment. Points can eventually be converted into cryptocurrency that can be used to purchase food, healthcare, insurance, transportation etc. 

eCampus is creating a knowledge based economy where learning is a currency. It makes the teaching profession lucrative and attractive to young adults, and reduces the cost burden of education.

eCampus' unique selling point is its ability to provide incentives to both teachers and learners on the platform that can be redeemed in tangible assets. 

eCampus is applying existing technologies to make learning addictive and responsive, by providing incentives, and tools to help learners measure the progress and readiness for exams. While providing tools to training and human resource managers to measure productivity in relations to corporate training investments. 

Leveraging multimedia content formats like interactive text, audio, video, illustrations, animation, test engines, discussions, virtual reality, and augmented reality. 

eCampus is able to appeal to the left and right hemispheres of the learner's brain which scientifically leads to 75% retention rate average for eCampus Learners. 

eCampus literally puts the classroom in your palm by directly connecting teachers and learners via mobile and web technologies.

eCampus developed a point based eCampus Academic Performance Index (API) backed by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to determine when a leaner is ready for exams.

Likewise the eCampus Business Productivity Index (BPI) using AI, Machine Learning, and Blockchain technologies to ensure credibility.

The use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to produce and create an immersive laboratory experiment experience for academia and industry. 

Schools, research and development unit of organisations do not have laboratories and have no access to performing experiments.

1. Increase the number of content providers (teachers/consultants/authors/etc) from the current 10 to 100.

2. Increase the number of users from the current 11,000 to 61,000

3. Establish physical presence in Nigeria, increase online presence Ivory Coast, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia. 

4. Go live with eCampus Labs, our Virtual Reality solution to facilitate laboratory experiments for schools and industries.

5. Complete the process of listing eCampus on the Ghana Stock Exchange under the Ghana Alternative Exchange arrangement by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana.

6. Increase eCampus Business (corporate organisations) deployments from the current 5 to 20. 

Become the preferred knowledge and skills transfer marketplace within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) common market. From academics to business, lifestyle to music, dressmaking to shoe-making, car repairs to electronics repairs using virtual and augmented reality technologies. 

Create a credible and widely accepted alternative credential system for formal and informal sector employment, based on the eCampus point earning algorithm backed by Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain.

Ultimately with the use of blockchain technology we want users to be able to convert their points to tangibles like Food, Healthcare, Uber Ride, Shopping Vouchers, Movie Tickets etc.

eCampus is using three strategic approaches,

1. Available on web, android, blackberry, iOS and windows app stores in seven (7) languages; Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili.

1. Working with industry associations to provide their statutory and compliance training materials for the employees of member companies on eCampus to facilitate learning and testing for certificates. 

1. Working with teachers, consultants, authors, and skills developers to become content providers and get their audience to follow them on eCampus for up to 50:50 revenue share. This saves them logistical cost, expands their reach, and increases our rate of user accusation and revenues.

eCampus Mobile was first released on May 31, 2015, today has over 10,000 users across Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, The Gambia. 

Total Users: 11,000+ 

Users in Ghana: 5,000+ 

Users outside Ghana: 6,000+ 

Paying Users: 500+ 

Average of 15 new organic users per day 

Third Party Content Providers: 45 

Available Classes/Courses: 254

High School users are using eCampus to prep for the West Africa Examination Council Exams University users are following lecturers on eCampus instead of buying pamphlets or photocopying. 

Companies use eCampus to conduct statutory and compliance training, and periodic tests.

In 12 months 

1. 10 companies within the banking, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries using eCampus for customer/employee engagement and product education campaigns.
2. Offering 100,000 high school accounts for free in collaboration with parent teachers associations. 

In 3 years 1 Million users, continue role out 

1. With the president’s special initiative on distance learning under the Ghana governments free high school education program benefiting a total population of 1 million students.
2. With the Smart Community program under the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication providing internet access covering rural and suburban communities with a total population of 3 million teenagers and adults. 

The team is structured to successfully grow and win business in a competitive market. GLOCAL - globally trained and locally cultivated with better grasp of the African context. The team consists of the right mix of leaders trained at world-class firms, with sharp, entrepreneurial local talent and a quest for disruptive technologies. The team has specific skills in software development, finance, legal, operations, strategy, pedagogy, business development and marketing, providing the perfect composition to deliver upon growth targets. The current company structure is made up of a board providing oversight, a management team, and a technical and administrative support team.

B2B2C

We charge 50% commission on each transaction between learners and content providers (teachers, consultants, authors, etc).

B2B

We charge a fixed setup fee for the product and content development, and an annual user subscription fee when deploying for corporate organizations for corporate training.

B2C

We provide freemium and premium content developed in-house on-demand via subscription. 

Advertising

Calendar and Announcement (notification) slots on sales to companies and event organizers for events and product promotions to eCampus users.

Data Analytics 

Customized extended algorithms for data mining and analytics on employee and customer behaviour for companies as an additional service.

We are convinced that Solve will provide us with the platform and opportunity to connect with potential investors and partners. With regards to Solve’s strong affiliation with MIT, the eCampus Tech team are excited about the opportunity to plug-in to the MIT tech ecosystem to learn about new and emerging tech trends, while seeking validation on our existing use of technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality. Ultimately, the media exposure eCampus stands to gain from Solve will be positively enormous for our brand and strategic positioning to attract customers and investors.

Access to internet connective and smart devices remains a key barrier to success for eCampus in developing countries where our solution is most needed. Solve can help by connecting eCampus to hardware manufacturers and telecom giants who we can work with to subsidies smart devices and internet access respectively.

In addition with the help of the MIT tech community we are confident Solve can connect us to developers who can help us improve on our compression technology to further make content on eCampus lightweight and require less bandwidth to stream.