The young man began coding in his teens. He was an intern at several companies in Palo Alto. The majority of his work was related to building apps.
He met a lot of students who were interested in building products like him. He had the idea of Go My Code during the summer of 2017).
After finishing his studies in France, Amine moved back to Tunisia to be with his brother. To open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup, he needed to hire developers on the ground. It was difficult to find a lot in Tunisia.
I had a free summer after graduating from high school. Amine was having a hard time finding higher web developers, according to the CEO. The idea of building a school or a learning experience with the spirit of Silicon Valley came, and we started GO My Code as a summer project and camp. Amine was the company's chief operating officer.
An $8 million Series A round has been closed by the edtech. If Andela isn't counted as an edtech, it's the largest round on the continent. The early-growth round was co-led by AfricInvest and Proparco.
GOMyCODE has total financing of $8.85 million. The seed was raised in October 2020. Wamda Capital doubled down on their investment in the new financing of the company.
GOMYCODE is present in a number of countries including Tunisia. The startup hopes that the Series A funding will lead to it being present in 12 countries. It wants to increase its presence in Egypt and Nigeria.
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The UN predicts that the number of youths in Africa will increase by 42% by the year 2030. One of the most pressing challenges the continent currently faces is upskilling these people in a region where the unemployment rate is high.
Tech jobs are in high demand in the global economy due to the fact that there are many different jobs. Students and professionals in software engineering and tech-facing skills are the focus of most venture-backed startup. There are a few of them in Africa. There are online-only and hybrid models.
The latter is used by GO My Code. There are over 30 learning tracks, ranging from web development to artificial intelligence. Half of a student's time is spent online and the other half at a physical center. Over 500 local teachers are employed by the company and they teach students in over a dozen languages.
The CEO said that no other company is capturing at our scale. Local traditional training centers offer outdated content and methodology, and international online players struggle to enroll African students due to their lack of understanding of local markets and high prices. We teach in twelve local languages and have a blended education model.
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The platform has two types of programs for students to take part in. Skills-driven introductory courses cost an average of $250 and take up to 3 months to complete. 5-month career-driven studies cost an average of $750 in the other section.
Go My Code has partnerships with various institutions to place its students. 80% of its students were placed through a job placement program. It works with business clients that use a study to pay later for their employees. The company's overall revenues have grown 3 times each year since its inception.
Many impact and mass market players are present. We are trying to get in touch with a lot of students. He said that the courses are not just for graduates or professionals. Our blended model makes us accessible and affordable, which you don't see a lot.
In its first year, the edtech platform had 100 students. The majority of its students are from Tunisia. With this new investment, Go My Code hopes to open 50 centers in Africa and the Middle East in the next two years and reach 100,000 students. Over 1000 students enroll in one of the company's 30 courses a month.
The senior partner at AfricInvest believes that the edtech market in Africa is undiscovered, and that solutions like GOMYCODE will have a huge positive impact on everyone.
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