Sabi is an initiative of Education for Equality
About
Built for the children we grew up beside.
Sabi is an initiative of Education for Equality, built for Lagos first. Our job is simple to say and hard to do: every child should be able to read and count.
Naomi Ivie
Founder, Education for Equality
01 — Why I started this
Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, I attended my secondary school on a scholarship and a discount based on my mother's salary as a teacher. Sometimes my family didn't have food to eat.
On the way to school every day, I saw children my age hawking wares or fixing cars so their families could survive. I knew there was no difference between me and them. Without the grace of God and the extreme sacrifices of my parents, I would have been one of those kids.
Education gave me a way out. Now I want to extend the same opportunity to every child who didn't get one. If we can teach people across Africa to solve problems around them, we can set off a chain reaction of transformation across the continent.
02 — The name
sa·bi
/sah-bee/ · Nigerian Pidgin
To know. To understand. To be good at something.
We wanted a name a child in Lagos already uses, not one we had to explain. When a child says “I sabi”, that's the whole point.
03 — Advisors
People who have run schools at scale.
Our advisors include these three, and four more across law, governance and technology: over 100 combined years of experience.
Hon. Folasade Adefisayo
Former Lagos Commissioner of Education (2019–2023), who launched EKOEXCEL across 1,016 schools
Dr. Sonia Ivie
Director of Schools, EKOEXCEL
Rhoda Odigboh
CEO, Kizazi; former NewGlobe Regional Director
04 — Recognition
Where the work has been tested.
- MIT Sloan Africa Business Challenge2nd place
- Wesleyan New Venture AwardsGrand Prize
- UNICEF AI Ventures AcceleratorInaugural cohort
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