ENET

What ENET does

ENET Africa is a Côte d'Ivoire-based EdTech company that provides a cloud-based school management ERP and a companion consumer mobile application to African educational institutions and the families of their students. Headquartered in Riviera, Abidjan, and serving schools from maternelle (preschool) through university, the platform addresses fragmented digital tooling, manual administrative workflows, and limited real-time visibility into student performance that characterize the regional K-12 and higher education market. The product portfolio is anchored by ENET ERP, an institution-level platform that centralizes scheduling, attendance, grading, payment processing, and parent communication in a single database, and ENET Life, a mobile application distributed via Apple App Store and Google Play that delivers real-time grade tracking, push notifications, and SMS alerts to parents and students. Supplementary modules — ENET Kids & Garden for early childhood and ENET Max as an advanced tier — broaden the suite, and a strategic partnership with Sunu Assurance Vie Côte d'Ivoire adds the Belemi ENET school insurance product.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market model: a direct sales team handles school account opening, configuration, and training through a demo-led consultative motion, while parents and students self-serve through the mobile app stores. Revenue is generated primarily through recurring SaaS subscriptions (institution-level for the ERP and consumer-level for ENET Life, billed annually with quote-based pricing not publicly disclosed) and through transaction fees on the embedded Belemi ENET insurance offering. ENET claims 5,000+ establishments and parents across at least ten African countries — including Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger — and distributes via a multi-channel marketing mix spanning social, content (a French-language EdTech blog), TV, radio, print, and word of mouth. The company appears privately held with no disclosed external funding round to date, and was founded circa 2023 with a headcount of 11-50. Note: the input data also references a separate US-domiciled entity named "ENET" (a member of NSI Industries' Network Infrastructure division) that makes 1.6T optical transceivers for AI data centers; this is a distinct company and is excluded from the analysis.

Name

ENET

Legal name

ENET Africa

Website

https://enet.africa

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ENET Africa provides a cloud-based school management ERP (ENET ERP) and companion mobile app (ENET Life) for African educational institutions and families. Headquartered in Abidjan, the platform centralizes grading, attendance, fees, and parent communication for schools from preschool through university across at least ten African countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education ERP / School Management Software

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Education ERP (Student Information, Finance, HR) (HDAEAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

School ERP: Finance, Procurement & Budgeting (EDAFAEAC), Billing, Tuition, Fees & Payments (including Cafeteria/Meal Accounts) (EDAFAEAN), Gradebook, Transcripts, Credits & Academic Records Management (EDAFAEAG), Parent/Student Portals, Communications & Consent Management (EDAFAEAK)

Keywords

• School management software
• Education ERP
• Parent communication app
• School fees payment
• Student grade tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Abidjan

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. ENET ERP Subscription: SaaS platform subscription for schools providing centralized management, automation of administrative tasks, and data management capabilities
2. ENET Life Mobile App: Mobile application for parents providing real-time school tracking, grade monitoring, and payment processing
3. Insurance Integration (Belemi ENET): Partnership-based insurance product integration with Sunu Assurance Vie, providing school insurance offerings through the ENET platform

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ENET Africa provides a cloud-based education ERP platform (ENET ERP) that centralizes and automates school operations including scheduling, grades, attendance, and payment tracking for African educational institutions from preschool through university. The company also offers the ENET Life mobile app enabling real-time parent-student-school communication, grade monitoring, and fee payments, supplemented by ENET Kids & Garden modules for early childhood education and ENET Max as an advanced tier. The platform is designed specifically for African school realities and serves over 5,000 schools and parents across multiple African countries.

Product overview

ENET operates as two distinct entities: (1) ENET, a member of the Network Infrastructure division of NSI Industries, providing 1.6T DR8 OSFP224 optical transceivers for AI and data center applications; and (2) ENET Africa, an EdTech company offering a platform-plus-modules architecture for African schools. The ENET Africa portfolio consists of ENET ERP as the core school management platform, supplemented by ENET Life (mobile app for parent-student communication), ENET Kids & Enet Garden (early education modules), and ENET Max (advanced module). Together these products provide centralized school management, automated administrative workflows, and real-time communication between schools and families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ENET ERP: Comprehensive school management platform providing centralized and automated functions for educational institutions, including scheduling, payment tracking, and administrative workflow management.
• ENET Life
• ENET Kids & Enet Garden
• ENET Max
• Belemi Enet

Products and services

• ENET ERP Comprehensive cloud-based school management platform that centralizes and automates all school operations including scheduling, payment tracking, student data management, and parent communication in a single unified system. Designed for educational institutions from preschool (maternelle) through university, including group schools, lycées, colleges, grandes écoles, and universities in Africa.
• ENET Life Mobile educational application (iOS and Android) designed to facilitate school tracking for students and strengthen communication between schools, parents, and students from primary school through university. Provides real-time grade monitoring, school announcements, push notifications, SMS alerts, and school fee payment processing.
• ENET Kids & Enet Garden Educational product modules within the ENET ecosystem designed for younger students and early childhood education settings, supporting maternelle and primary-level school management.
• ENET Max Advanced product module within the ENET education suite, positioned as a premium or extended offering for educational institutions requiring additional capabilities beyond the standard ENET ERP and ENET Life packages.
• Belemi ENET School insurance product offering developed in partnership with Sunu Assurance Vie Côte d'Ivoire, enabling schools to offer insurance products to parents directly through the ENET ecosystem. Provides schools with an additional value-added service and creates a transaction-based revenue stream for ENET.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminates information silos and reduces manual errors through centralized database
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sunu Assurance Vie Côte d'IvoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENET Africa and Sunu Assurance Vie Côte d'Ivoire launched the 'Belemi ENET' insurance offering, integrating school insurance products into the ENET platform. This strategic partnership enables schools to offer insurance products to parents directly through the ENET ecosystem, providing additional value to the school community while creating a new revenue stream for ENET through insurance transaction processing.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• uLesson: African EdTech delivering learning content to students via mobile/digital channels across Nigeria and other markets. Comparable to ENET Life as an African mobile-first education product for students and parents, though uLesson focuses on content delivery rather than school ERP.

Broad incumbents

• Edsby: K–12 learning management and SIS platform with strong parent-engagement features. Comparable to ENET in combining school management with parent-facing real-time grade and communication workflows.
• ManageBac: International schools-focused SIS and curriculum platform with parent and student portals. Comparable to ENET's combination of school admin tools, grade management, and parent communication, though ManageBac focuses on IB/international schools globally.
• PowerSchool: Largest global K–12 student information system and school ERP provider. Comparable to ENET as a comprehensive school management platform serving schools and parents, though PowerSchool targets North American and larger markets rather than African SMB schools.

Emerging players

• Edukka: African-focused school management software providing administration, fees, and communication tools for schools. Most directly comparable peer: shares ENET's school-ERP-plus-parent-comms positioning in the African SMB school segment.
• MySchool: School management and communication platform used in African and emerging markets to digitize admin, grades, and parent communication. Directly comparable to ENET ERP and ENET Life as a regional school ERP with parent portal.
• OpenEduCat: Open-source school ERP with student information, fees, and parent portal modules. Comparable to ENET in feature scope for school admin and parent engagement, though delivered as open-source rather than a localized SaaS.
• Fedena: School management software with modules for students, attendance, fees, and parent communication. Comparable to ENET ERP as an integrated school admin platform with subscription SaaS pricing aimed at SMB schools.
• Skolaro: Cloud-based school management system covering admissions, fees, grades, and parent communication. Comparable to ENET ERP's integrated school admin positioning with mobile parent access.

Others

• Sunu Assurance Vie Côte d'Ivoire: ENET's insurance partner for the Belemi ENET embedded insurance product. Included as an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, since the partnership itself is a key distribution mechanism for ENET.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Adminenet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/enet-africa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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