Lightbulb Edtech leverages MultiChoice’s support to drive education innovation
Lightbulb Edtech, a fast-growing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Education-as-a-Service (EaaS) company, is stepping into a new chapter of growth and innovation.
Through the MultiChoice Innovation Fund support, Lightbulb Edtech has been able to accelerate its research and development, enabling a full upgrade of its platform system architecture, which has boosted its speed, resilience and scalability.
“The MultiChoice Innovation Fund’s backing was transformative,” said Allan Mushabe, founder CEO of Lightbulb Edtech. “We invested deeply in research and development, completely enhanced our offering to keep our clients ahead in a market where skills needed to stay relevant change fast.”
Founded in 2015, Lightbulb Edtech was created to make learning more accessible, engaging, and measurable.
Today, it serves over 50 000 users across schools, universities, and corporate clients helping organisations deliver onboarding and induction training, compliance and product training, upskilling and reskilling programmes, and remote learning that is interactive and results driven.
Lightbulb Edtech’s impact is already visible on the ground. In Ga-Maake Village, Limpopo, its partnership with the Telkom Foundation supported 180 Grade 12 mathematics learners across seven schools.
The programme introduced a geometric interpretation approach to make complex maths concepts more accessible, improving learning outcomes and benefiting both learners and teachers and hosts over 38 000 learners in over 1 600 schools across South Africa.
Operating across South Africa, the company has registered an LLC in the United States and is now looking to expand into the rest of Africa, Middle East and Europe, taking its proven model to a global audience.
With its upgraded platform architecture and growing list of successful partnerships, Lightbulb Edtech is better positioned than ever to bridge the gap between education and employment.
By making it easier for organisations to deliver customised training and track learner progress, the company is helping reduce the skills gap and improve workforce readiness.
About the MultiChoice Innovation Fund
Launched in 2012, the MultiChoice Innovation Fund is an enterprise development programme, focusing on black-, women-, and youth-owned businesses in high-growth sectors such as FinTech, HealthTech, EduTech, Broadcast Technology, and Emerging Digital Media.
Beyond financing, the Fund provides business development support, and supply chain access to help entrepreneurs move from concept to scale.
To date, the Fund has disbursed ZAR 407 million in loans, grants, and business development expenses, supported 77 black-owned small businesses (with at least 50% female ownership), and helped create over 1 400 jobs.
Litlhare Moteetee-Murendo, Head of Corporate Affairs at MultiChoice said, “Lightbulb Edtech is an excellent example of how the Fund enables entrepreneurs to create solutions that address real challenges in education, employment, and skills development, while driving inclusive economic growth.”
With renewed investment in innovation and a strong technological foundation, Lightbulb Edtech is poised to expand its impact even further helping more learners, institutions, and businesses access the tools they need to thrive in the future world of work.
