Respect the user
Every form, every field, every click has to earn the time we ask for. We design for the tired teacher at 9pm, not the demo at the trade fair.
About Schoolzar
Built in Abuja, for Nigerian schools.
We saw how much of a Nigerian teacher day was lost to admin. So we built the tools we wished our own teachers had — quiet, fast, and respectful of how schools actually work here.
Our mission
Give Nigerian schools software that respects their time.
From the proprietor approving fees on a Sunday to the JSS3 teacher marking 42 essays on a Saturday — every screen we ship has to earn its place. No fluff. No bloated forms. Just tools that work, on the budget you have, on the network you have.
47
Schools across Nigeria
38k+
Students supported
₦1.4B
Fees collected last term
2021
Founded in Abuja
Our story
Five years from one school to forty-seven.
2021
Two co-founders, one Excel spreadsheet
It started at Bright Future Academy in Abuja. The bursary ran on a single Excel file and three weeks every term went to reconciling fees. We built v1 over a long Easter weekend.
2022
First five schools
Word travelled through the proprietor WhatsApp group. We focused on what schools needed first — fees, attendance, results. Nothing else.
2023
The parent app
Parents started asking how to pay online. We shipped the parent app and watched Sunday-night fee chases drop 80%.
2024
Out of Abuja
First Lagos schools. Then Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Kano. The product had to handle ten times more concurrent users than we expected.
2026
Schoolzar Learn
Students were preparing for WAEC on YouTube and PDFs from 2018. We launched Schoolzar Learn — exam prep built by Nigerian teachers, for Nigerian students.
What we believe
Our values, in plain English.
Made for here
Nigerian internet, Nigerian budgets, Nigerian terms. We test on 3G phones with cracked screens because that is what real teachers carry.
Trust over hype
We do not over-promise. We answer the phone. When something breaks (it will), we tell you what we did about it.
Build slow, ship steady
We would rather ship one feature schools love than five they tolerate. Quiet, dependable releases.
Schools first
Every roadmap meeting starts with the same question: which school is asking for this? Not what is trending in edtech.
Mascot helps, mascot stops
The owl shows up at the right moments — onboarding, empty states, payment success. Not in the fee register. Warmth is rationed.
Team
The people behind Schoolzar.
A small team across Abuja and Lagos. Half ex-teachers, half ex-engineers — and we do not always tell you which is which.
Adaeze Eze
Co-founder & CEO
Built the first version on her mother laptop. Ex-PwC.
Tunde Adebayo
Co-founder & CTO
Ex-Andela. Cares about TTI more than CTR.
Ifeoma Nwosu
Head of Schools
Was a JSS principal for 11 years. Knows every fee debate.
Femi Ogundipe
Head of Engineering
Built the parent app that runs on 2G.
Chinwe Okonkwo
Lead Designer
Made the design system you are looking at right now.
Habib Bello
Lead Educator (Learn)
Marks WAEC Chemistry. Author of 200+ questions in the bank.
Grace Eze
Customer Success
Knows every bursar in Lagos by name.
Samuel Adekola
Mobile lead
Made the parent app feel like a single tap.
Backed by
Future AfricaVENTURES PLATFORMMicrotractionY Combinator Scout
Careers
Work on tools 38,000 students use.
We are hiring engineers, designers, and people who used to be teachers. Hybrid · Abuja or Lagos.
careers@schoolzar.comSenior Product Designer
Design · Abuja or remote
Lead the next chapter of our design system.
Mobile Engineer (Flutter)
Engineering · Lagos
Make the parent app even faster on 2G.
Curriculum Lead — Learn
Learn team · Abuja
Build WAEC/JAMB-grade content with verified educators.
Customer Success Manager
Schools · Lagos
Be the first call when a bursar needs us.
Want to bring Schoolzar to your school?
Book a 30-minute walkthrough with our team. We will show you the platform with your actual class list.