Eduplex Training Institute

What Eduplex Training Institute does

Eduplex Training Institute (ETI) is a South African private training provider (registration number 2009/008120/07), headquartered in Queenswood, Pretoria, with a 9-employee team operating two distinct business divisions: (1) Audiology and Hearing Healthcare training, delivered via eduplextraining.com, covering hearing aid acoustics, paediatric audiology, occupational audiometry, occupational spirometry, vision screening, HPCSA-accredited CPD articles, and research support services; and (2) Teacher Professional Development under the "How to be a Better Teacher" sub-brand, delivered via teacher.eduplextraining.com, offering SACE-accredited online CPD courses and immersive workshops for K-12 educators. Customer cohorts span individual healthcare and teaching professionals in South Africa and 49 countries internationally, with secondary reach to parents and caregivers of children with hearing loss.

ETI's core technology is an online virtual classroom platform used for distance learning, combined with in-person practical workshops at its Pretoria campus and satellite venues in Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal. Curriculum is module-based and self-paced for online theory, with mandatory practical components for competency courses. The proprietary content stack includes three published books (hardcopy and eBook), CPD articles, and structured curricula aligned to specific national regulatory frameworks: SAQA Unit Standards 252126 and 116505, QCTO SP-211002, and HPCSA / SACE / SASOHN credentialing pathways. ETI also maintains research output in hearing healthcare and a podcast ("The Edge") as top-of-funnel content.

Revenue is generated primarily through one-time course fees collected at self-serve e-commerce checkout, ranging from R180 for short teacher CPD modules to R8,500 for occupational audiometry/spirometry/vision competency courses, with international audiology programs priced at $500–$2,500 USD. Workshop revenue (R2,500–R5,000 per participant), book and eBook sales (R200–R795), CPD article purchases, and a small research support services layer round out the model. Distribution is mostly direct via the ETI website, with limited international book distribution through Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss in the USA, UK, and Canada. The company is independently owned with no external investors, no funding rounds, and no parent holding company disclosed.

Name

Eduplex Training Institute

Legal name

Eduplex Training Institute

Website

https://eduplextraining.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eduplex Training Institute is a South African, SACE- and HPCSA-accredited private training provider delivering competency courses in audiology, occupational health screening, and teacher professional development to individual professionals in South Africa and 49 international markets via online and blended delivery from Pretoria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Education and Training

NAICS

Educational Services (61), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Interactive Practice & Skill-Building (Drills, Games, Mastery Practice) (EDAFACAC)

Keywords

• Professional training services
• Audiology education
• Teacher professional development
• Occupational health courses
• Continuing professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Queenswood, Pretoria

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Professional Competency Courses (Audiology/Healthcare): Revenue from short competency courses in audiology and occupational health screening (audiometrist, spirometry, vision screening, hearing aid acoustician). These are structured programs with fixed tuition fees, delivered online, blended, or in-person. Students pay at registration.
2. Teacher Professional Development Courses (SACE/CPTD): Online self-paced courses for teachers earning SACE-accredited CPTD points. Sold individually through e-commerce at R180-R490 per course, with workshops up to R5,000.
3. Educational Books and eBooks: Sale of published books on inclusive education and hearing loss (hardcopy and eBook formats), priced R200-R795. Includes titles such as 'Inclusive Education for Children with Hearing Loss', 'Promote Language and Listening Development', and 'How to be a Better Teacher'.
4. CPD Articles (Continuing Professional Development): HPCSA-accredited CPD articles for healthcare professionals. CPD articles are non-refundable and generate revenue per article purchased. Some articles are free to access.
5. In-Person Workshops: 3-day immersive workshops (e.g., Inclusion Is Possible, Singapore Math, Dyslexia) priced at R4,000-R5,000 per participant, delivered at Eduplex in Pretoria.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Eduplex Training Institute (ETI) is a South African private training institute that sells and administers competency courses, refresher courses, CPD articles, and professional development workshops for two audiences: hearing healthcare professionals (audiologists, hearing aid acousticians, audiometrists, occupational health practitioners) and educators (K-12 teachers). Programs are delivered through a blended model combining interactive online virtual classrooms with in-person practical workshops in Pretoria, Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal, and the company additionally publishes educational books on inclusive education and hearing loss.

Product overview

Eduplex Training Institute (ETI) is a South African training provider offering two primary divisions: Audiology and Hearing Healthcare, and Education/Teacher Training. The Audiology division provides courses in hearing aid acoustics, paediatric audiology, occupational audiometry (audiometrist), and occupational health (spirometry and vision screening), along with CPD articles and research support. The Education division operates under the 'How to be a Better Teacher' brand, offering SACE-accredited online courses and workshops for educators covering classroom practices, assessment strategies, inclusive education, and behaviour management. Additionally, ETI publishes books on inclusive education and hearing loss. The institute partners with Education for Health Africa (EFHA) for occupational health courses and the South African Council for Educators (SACE) for teacher accreditation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• How to be a Better Teacher: Teacher professional development programme offering SACE-accredited online courses and workshops for educators, accessible via teacher.eduplextraining.com.

Products and services

• Hearing Aid Acoustician Advanced

Quantifiable outcome

• ETI trained professionals from 49 countries
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Education for Health Africa (EFHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerETI hosts Occupational Vision Screening and Occupational Screening Spirometry courses in collaboration with Education for Health Africa (EFHA). EFHA's logo appears on course materials, and EFHA is credited as a collaborator on these competency courses aligned with SAQA and QCTO unit standards. The partnership enables provision of accredited occupational health training.
• Ms. Peggy Zee (Singapore)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational education expert Ms. Peggy Zee from Singapore is featured as the key presenter at ETI's 3-day Maths Symposium on Universal Design for Learning in May 2026. Her expertise in Singapore Math strategies is used to market and deliver the flagship symposium event.
• Dr. Uma SomanflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Uma Soman (Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, LSLS Cert. AVEd; Assistant Professor at Fontbonne University; Co-Founder of Listening Together) leads the 3-day Rehabilitation Journey workshop on children with hearing loss. This is a flagship event in collaboration with Eduplex and the SACIG Rehab Task Team.
• SACIG Rehab Task TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSACIG Rehab Task Team collaborates with Eduplex Training Institute on the Rehabilitation Journey workshop for children with hearing loss. The task team provides clinical and educational expertise for the program.
• Supporting Success for Children with Hearing LossminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss distributes ETI's book 'Inclusive Education for Children with Hearing Loss' internationally in USA, UK, and Canada, in addition to ETI's own South African sales channel.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Coursera: Global MOOC platform offering accredited professional development courses across healthcare and education, including hearing-related specialisations. Competes for international online CPD students with broader catalogue and scale, but without ETI's blended practical-workshop component.
• edX: Global MOOC platform offering university-backed professional development and continuing education across health and education disciplines. Competes with ETI for international online CPD demand at much larger scale, but lacks ETI's blended in-person practical workshop and niche hearing-healthcare authority.
• North-West University — Speech-Language and Audiology Department: South African university offering formal audiology qualifications and CPD pathways. Overlaps with ETI in training South African audiology practitioners, but competes through formal degree credentials rather than short competency courses.
• University of Pretoria — Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: South Africa's leading formal audiology degree-granting department within a major research university. Competes in the broader audiology training market with formally accredited qualifications, while ETI occupies the more applied competency/CPD niche — different credentialing model, overlapping audience.

Direct peers

• GetSmarter: Cape Town-headquartered online professional education platform offering accredited short courses with university partners and self-serve e-commerce. Closely comparable business model to ETI — asset-light, self-serve online delivery, professional upskilling focus, South African origin with international student reach.
• Oxbridge Academy: South African private distance-learning college offering vocational and professional certificates via online study with optional practical components. Comparable to ETI in delivery mode (distance + practical), South African base, and professional-skills target audience.
• SACAP (South African College of Applied Psychology): South African private higher-education institution offering blended and online professional courses with e-commerce enrolment. Comparable in private-vocational positioning, blended delivery model, and target market of working professionals seeking accredited credentials.
• Education for Health Africa (EFHA): EFHA is ETI's documented collaboration partner for occupational health competency training (spirometry, vision screening). Both organisations deliver SAQA- and QCTO-aligned short courses to occupational health practitioners in South Africa, competing for the same corporate and practitioner audience with comparable blended delivery.

Regional players

• AECC University College: UK-based specialist institution focused on audiology, hearing healthcare and musculoskeletal education, delivering CPD and postgraduate programmes internationally. Closest international peer in niche specialisation (hearing healthcare training), though UK-based and not directly competing in South Africa.

Emerging players

• SACIG (South African Cochlear Implant Group): South African clinical body that delivers training and workshops on cochlear implants and rehabilitation for children with hearing loss — explicitly a collaborator on ETI's Rehabilitation Journey workshop. Comparable in clinical training focus on the same paediatric hearing-loss audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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