TeachMe by TechHero Ghana

TeachMe is a platform where students and non-students can make their world a classroom. There is convenience and individuals can learn, take quizzes and gain certificates without any confines. It is not  just any online educational platform as it is germane to both students and non-students.

To ensure internet access is not an obstacle, users could download videos, assignments and transcript to learn/share. Teachers /uploaders efforts are  rewarded   65% remuneration  per Ad views monthly.

TeachMe is not solely for academics as it serve as a wealth of information , life skills and technical courses to promote problem solving, Entrepreneurship and Innovations.

Soon to add a feature to enable students apply to several Universities/Schools with one submission and also enable  them express their skills, talents and life outside the classroom , as we noticed African universities solely base admissions  on  academics which does not promote civic engagement, practical education and innovations.

With the pandemic and double-track system in Ghana for most High schools, Most students tend to be out of school and idle.  The educational gap is worrisome and schools tend not to have appropriate avenues to engage students  and coerce them to learn skills and information which will add value to themselves.

Practical education is void in Ghana and TeachMe aims to fix it. We hope to redefine education in Africa to not just be  imbibition of scholarly knowledge but application to solve global problems is the utmost essence. 

TeachMe is tailored for anyone with passion to gain an education prior to solving problems. Educators get to gain substantial income from knowledge they impart via their videos. Our philosophy is to live and learn with no classroom thus TeachMe provide a simulation of a classroom but this time no confines and time boundaries.

TeachMe is a downloadable app.  Students join Teachme in two ways

i. Their  school/institution adds them

ii. They Sign up using the sign up form. 

Users would have access to 

Educational videos, Courses, PDF's, Games, Quizzes,Past questions  and more.

What makes TeachMe unique is is the interactive nature and provision for limited internet access. 

Games included are to ensure Learning mode is fun and relatable especially  to Kids below age of 15.

Mostly prerecorded videos and yet to include a live feature. However students are able to take quizzes and interact. 

Uploaders and Teachers earn for their efforts and content.

I am a recent high school Graduate (completed 2020).I know first hand how  the pandemic affected and disrupted  Education. Also in Ghana, there is a double-track system for high school education where nearly half the population of high school students stay home for other half be in school and rotated consecutively.

I conceived the idea of TeachMe in 2019 to curb this situation. My concern is the number of students left idle  and inequality in access of education. I also had problems with the content and nature of education in Ghana.

I resolved to create a platform where students and non-students could have access to valuable information and skills with just a click away. I wanted to redefine Education in Africa to orient it  towards training the human resources to be problem-solvers , Innovators and Entrepreneurs. 

I wanted Education to be accessible to all and deemed fun and rewarding. I also took into consideration access to internet connection. I integrated Educational games so as users under 15 especially would learn whilst having fun.

Technical courses, Handiwork and soft skills and Research contents are most welcome on the platform and sent invite for content creators with such content.

Working earnestly to include a portal where students could submit one application to several Universities with opportunity to express skills, talents and activities. Most African Universities admit applicants based on only WASSCE results and this does not promote Civic engagement and translation of education to practical use outside the classroom.

My utmost impact I yearn for is to enable anyone ,everywhere readily have access to Education and actualize the world being their classroom. Where the content would not be just for scholarly use or academics but be prior Education for solving problems. 

To avert misuse of the platform, we keenly scrutinize content and request Institutions signed up, to encourage student use Rethink words Keyboard. We formally sent a proposal to Rethink words to integrate their Technology so as to combat cyberbullying and also take maximum concern for users' mental health.

One prominent reason I built TeachMe is to provide quality  Education for all  germane to train African human resources to be problem-solvers, Innovators and Entrepreneurs not just scholars.

We invite Institutions and content creators whose videos and activities align with our mission to be signed up. To avert misuse of the platform or derailment of the purpose of TeachMe ,Uploaders ought to be registered by TechHero Ghana but users(Students and non-students) can easily sign up.

PDF's, Games and several features ensure our goal for Education on TeachMe is not solely for imbibition but for practical usage.

The  first client to use our platform is Varcity Learning Centre.  

We had great reviews and constructive criticisms for TeachMe Demo. This brings us confidence for the breakthrough and scale up of TeachMe App

We officially launched TeachMe on May 31, 2021 and now available on Google Playstore, The Web Platform and Uptodown

We have sent emails to several institutions to sign up on TeachMe. The team have also undertaken presentations at several institutions. We have contacted relevant content creators to sign up and earn.

The team is striving hard on the publication of the TeachMe App and hope MIT Solve would accelerate our efforts to be a global sensation and attain desired impact.

TeachMe is innovative and unique. TeachMe unlike similar Apps do not just serve as an online educational platform but also ensure Knowledge Imparters earn for their efforts, also our content  solely  ensure practical education, problem-solving and Entrepreneurship. 

TeachMe is tailored for all ages and meant not just for students but non-students too. We incorporate  Games , Quizzes and Practical projects to make learning fun, rewarding and enable users have substantial practical  and immediate benefits.

TeachMe makes provision for areas with low to no  internet access. Our theme to make Education accessible to all and redefine Education in Africa makes it one of a kind. 

We hope to incorporate a feature which will enable applicants apply to several African Universities and institutions  with just one submission and this time get opportunity to express their talents, skills and basically life outside the classroom. This is to promote Civic engagement of students as Higher institutions in Africa(Ghana especially) only admits students based on only academics (WASSCE) which does not promote  problem-solving by the youth in Africa but just focus on scholarly knowledge.

Our platform also include certified courses, technical courses and life skills  to accelerate self employment.

We also advertise jobs and vacancies via our platform (Powered by FlendyAds) thereby creating employment opportunities. We also  reward active users and top scorers on our platform.

All our initiatives drive to our efforts to make  Education in Africa bear substantial and immediate benefits, and to train African Human resources  to become Innovators, problem-solvers and Entrepreneurs.

TeachMe have nearly 10 Institutions deploying our platform. We keep writing proposals and organizing demonstrations to Institutions to sign up to our platform. We contact relevant content creators to try out TeachMe.

We keep promoting TeachMe to reach more people.

We are targeting to reach 100+ schools and institutions by the end of 2021. We hope to be selected as an MIT Solve finalist , as our affiliation would escalate the numbers to at least thousands.

We have sent emails and proposal to companies. Some received positive feedback others negative and some no response at all.

We plan to use digital mediums to reach   people and Institutions to get them on our platform and actualize our impact on a large scale. TeachMe is very young but progressing. We officially launched it just May 31, 2021. 

The TeachMe Demo received good reviews by top educationists such as Director of Admissions for New York University Abu Dhabi ,Amy Kice  and even Elevate Prize social Media manager. 

We are hoping in 5 years to come  we would have crossed boundaries and prominent in several countries and be a household name in the world and known for the impact purported. 

We aspire to intensify the promotion of TeachMe so  all could know and register.

We aspire to make millions use our platform and eliminate boundaries such as Geography , time, space and money in earning an Education to be a global problem solver.

As mentioned earlier, We have nearly  10 institutions registered. We have several   means to check our progress. We mean to attain the purpose of TeachMe thus take great concern in deciphering our progress and impact.

Number of Registered Users;  with the help of Google analytics , we regularly check the number of active users and passive users. 

Demand and Review For  TeachMe : The number of recommendations and and feedback is also a pivotal criteria for checking TeachMe impact. We hope to increase the number to the hundreds this year (one of our objectives).

Popularity Of TeachMe; For TeachMe to effectively promote and scale up businesses it has to be ubiquitous and well known. Publicity of the platform is one we really check, we write proposals and use affordable advertising means  to make known TeachMe. This is why we reward top users and scholars  to entice more engagement of the public. TeachMe is rewarding and make efforts for people to notice that

Convenience of Platform ; much emphasis on given how easy people could use TeachMe. We get a lot of people  affirming it easy to register and use TeachMe. We keep improving features of TeachMe to serve everyone and enhance digital inclusion.

 I consider them as partners rather than employees.

TechHero Ghana inflow of money is irregular and unappreciable  but the vision and future drives us. We are basically four in number;

Claude Obiri Amadu ( Programmer/Founder)

Charles Appiah-Mends ( Software Engineer)

Samuel Fabiano (Graphic Designer)

Godwin Kanyo (Project Manager)

We are young and purpose-driven. I learnt to code informally and via self-tuition. I felt my skill should be used to help solve societal problems thus worked on projects like Paymobby , TeachMe , FlendyAds , built several websites  and games even before completion of high school in 2020. I studied Business though.

Charles (alias GreatCharles) is a also a software Engineer. He is 3rd year student at Takoradi Technical University. He assisted in the making of projects mentioned earlier.

Samuel Fabiano is the grapic designer. He makes animation and slides to be able to make youtube tutorial videos. He assisted in projects mentioned above.

Godwin Kanyo as the project manager get us gigs, potential clients and investors. He also codes. He works on the administrative  aspects and promotion of projects and TechHero Ghana as a whole.  He is a high school graduate.

I feel we are well oriented to deliver our solution as everyone's skillset makes TechHero Ghana progressive. Also everyone is eloquent and fluent in English thus language would not be a barrier.

 We are binded by the passion to make impact. We all share a common philosophy to not use our young age as an excuse to not make impact but as a reason to solve global challenges and make an indelible impact.

Due to minimal coffers , we are unable to employ  people but welcome People with passion to make impact and believe in the future of TechHero Ghana.

We had one female but quitted due to low income and  to continue education. We do not discriminate and hope to even increase our numbers.

TechHero Ghana is a Tech start-up and definitely need more people for it to progress to be fully- fledged.

We just require you have enough talent ,skill ,knowledge and generally competent to carry out your role. You can simply join  if you just show what you can offer for TechHero Ghana. There are no educational , gender, racial criteria to join our team.

We hope to stabilize our finances so as to be able to employ more people.

TechHero Ghana is manned by a team with age range of 18 to 26.

Being the founder of TechHero Ghana , I am a high school graduate (Class of 2020). We really need all the packages provided by MIT Solve to Solvers.

We need advise and expertise assistance on issues such as legalities , sure fire ways to be global sensation and how to manage all branches in cases of being Mega.

I believe MIT Solve have wealth of experience in Technology and scaling up businesses thus assistance or even advice from them is invaluable to TechHero Ghana.

I believe MIT Solve have wealth of experience in Technology and scaling up businesses thus assistance or even advice from them is invaluable to TechHero Ghana.

I am a recent high school Graduate (completed 2020).I know first hand how  the pandemic affected and disrupted  Education. Also in Ghana, there is a double-track system for high school education where nearly half the population of high school students stay home for other half be in school and rotated consecutively.

I resolved to create a platform where students and non-students could have access to valuable information and skills with just a click away. I wanted to redefine Education in Africa to orient it  towards training the human resources to be problem-solvers , Innovators and Entrepreneurs.

I am from an educational system devoid of practicality thus my mission  to ensure proper training of human resource. With the ASA Prize ,We can improve features of TeachMe, organize workshops , Innovation challenges  and build a school of Practical Education.

I have already created a platform which will curb inequality in access to education and  yearn to gain enough funds to provide both online and physical resources to enable utilization of Education to tangible solutions and benefits. Career counselling and perception of Education as prior knowledge to empower human resources be problem-solvers, Innovators and Entrepreneurs is paramount in our solution and hope to scale-up our efforts with the help of the ASA Prize.

My utmost impact I yearn for is to enable anyone ,everywhere readily have access to Education and actualize the world being their classroom. Where the content would not be just for scholarly use  but be prior Education for solving problems.