

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.

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.



