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Our Ecosystem
Our Platform For Change

Konnect, co-founded by ASB-MIT Sloan alumna Thandiwe Gondo, is a data-driven platform designed to tackle Africa’s unemployment crisis. Our mission is to align education with real employment opportunities. Through credible, real-time job demand data and innovative career matching tools, we provide students with guidance to make informed career choices. Konnect focuses on matching students to careers that align with their unique strengths and passions, ensuring greater job satisfaction, better retention, and long-term economic success.

STUDENTS

What we offer: Personalized educational and career pathways using data-driven insights, access to university programs, internships, funding opportunities, and mentorship.

What we want: Active participation in shaping their learning journey and sharing progress data to enhance service personalization.

SCHOOLS

What we offer: A platform to attract qualified, data-matched students, increase enrollment diversity, and gain insights into student needs and outcomes.

What we want: Partnerships to list academic programs, provide admission criteria, and collaborate on student support and outcome tracking.

UNIVERSITIES

What we offer: Strategic access to a curated pool of high-potential, data-matched students, enabling smarter enrollment decisions, greater diversity, and measurable student success outcomes.

What We’re Looking: For
Institutional partners to align programs with future talent needs, define clear entry pathways, and collaborate on end-to-end student success and outcome tracking.

EMPLOYERS

What we offer: Access to a pipeline of future-ready graduates with relevant skills, internship placements, and insights into education-to-employment gaps.

What we want: Collaboration on defining job-ready skills, providing internships, mentorship, and co-creating industry-informed curricula.

GOVERNMENT

What we offer: Data insights to inform policy decisions, education reform support, and alignment with national skills development agendas.

What we want: Support for scale, integration with national systems, and partnerships on public education and workforce development initiatives.

FUNDERS

What we offer: Access to a curated pool of eligible, vetted students aligned with funding goals and real-time reporting on student progress and impact.

What we want: Funding opportunities, scholarships, and support services to be made available on our platform for students in need.

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

What we offer: Access to anonymized education and labor market data for research, trend analysis, and pilot testing of education innovations.

What we want: Collaboration on research, sharing of findings, and support in validating the impact of educational interventions.

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