Rádio-Escola Universitária Paulo Freire (UFPE)

What Rádio-Escola Universitária Paulo Freire (UFPE) does

Rádio-Escola Universitária Paulo Freire (UFPE) is a university-affiliated radio station operating under the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), a Brazilian federal public university headquartered in Recife, Pernambuco. The entity functions as part of UFPE's academic communication infrastructure, and the commercially relevant surface described in the input data is the "Sites UFPE" platform — a web hosting and directory service for complementary sites belonging to UFPE research laboratories, events, research centers (núcleos), and research groups.

The Sites UFPE platform is built on EduPress, a WordPress-based content management system designed for educational institutions. It is administered by UFPE's Superintendência de Comunicação (SUPERCOM), with technical support routed through the Central de Serviços de TIC (CSTIC). The platform's stated purpose is to provide organized web presence and visibility for UFPE's academic research units, and it is distributed exclusively through UFPE's institutional domain (sites.ufpe.br). At the time of the source data, SUPERCOM had temporarily suspended acceptance of new complementary site requests for internal resizing and adjustments.

The entity has no commercial revenue model, no disclosed pricing, no external customers, and no funding history. It operates as a public educational institution component funded by the Brazilian federal government via UFPE, with a small institutional team in the 11-50 headcount bracket. Its market is confined to a single country (Brazil), specifically the Northeast region, and its user base is restricted to the internal UFPE academic community. There are no disclosed M&A activities, leadership changes, regulatory actions, or independent AI/technology capabilities beyond the WordPress/EduPress stack.

Name

Rádio-Escola Universitária Paulo Freire (UFPE)

Legal name

Rádio-Escola Universitária Paulo Freire (UFPE)

Website

https://sites.ufpe.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Rádio-Escola Universitária Paulo Freire (UFPE) is a university-affiliated radio station and host of the Sites UFPE web platform at the Federal University of Pernambuco, providing web hosting and directory services for UFPE research laboratories, events, research centers, and research groups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Communications Services

NAICS

Radio Broadcasting Stations (516110), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPABACAH

University/Educational Local Stations (College Radio, Campus TV)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Broadcasting (TV & Radio)/Local Broadcast Stations & Affiliates (TV & Radio)

SECONDARYEDAFACAJ

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Curriculum Repositories

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Digital Curriculum, Courseware & Interactive Learning Content

Keywords

• University radio broadcasting
• Academic web hosting
• Research site platform
• University communication services
• Educational media production

Headquarters

HQ city

Recife, PE

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Rádio-Escola Universitária Paulo Freire (UFPE) is a university-affiliated educational radio station within the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). Through the broader UFPE digital infrastructure (Sites UFPE), it supports the creation and management of complementary web presences for laboratories, events, research centers, and research groups, providing organized online visibility for UFPE's academic community activities.

Product overview

Sites UFPE is a single unified platform that provides web hosting services for the Federal University of Pernambuco community, enabling the creation and management of complementary sites for laboratories, events, research centers, and research groups. The platform is managed by the Superintendência de Comunicação (SUPERCOM) and powered by EduPress.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sites UFPE A web hosting and management platform that provides complementary site services for laboratories, events, research centers, and research groups affiliated with the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). It is available to the UFPE academic community under the central sites.ufpe.br domain.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EduPresscoreTechnology or IntegrationThe sites platform is powered by EduPress, a WordPress-based content management system designed for educational institutions. This is the underlying technology for the site infrastructure.

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• EduBlogs (CampusPress network): Hosts large-scale WordPress Multisite networks for educational institutions globally, serving the same use case of providing organized web presence to university communities and research/academic units.
• CampusPress: Provides WordPress Multisite-powered hosted platforms for universities and schools to build and manage departmental, faculty, and research sites — directly comparable to the EduPress-powered Sites UFPE offering.
• Rádio Universitária FM (UFPE): Sibling UFPE-affiliated radio operation sharing the same parent institution and Northeast Brazil footprint; comparable as a university educational broadcasting/communications unit under UFPE.

Regional players

• UFRGS Rádio Universidade: University radio at another Brazilian federal institution in the South region — comparable 'Rádio-Escola Universitária' model but operating in a different regional market than UFPE's Northeast Brazil footprint.

Emerging players

• OpenScholar: Open-source academic web platform used by universities for research and faculty sites — overlaps with Sites UFPE's role of providing research-unit web presence, but tailored to academic profile pages rather than research group directories.

Broad incumbents

• Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – SuperCom: UFRJ's central communication office performs a structurally similar role to UFPE's SUPERCOM, coordinating institutional visibility for research and academic units at a major Brazilian federal university.
• WordPress.com (Automattic) – Education Vertical: Provides hosted WordPress solutions including education plans; competes at a broader scale with the underlying technology stack (WordPress/EduPress) used by Sites UFPE.
• Universidade de São Paulo – Agência USP de Notícias: Larger, established federal Brazilian university with its own central communications function managing institutional and research web presence — analogous institutional role but at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/radiopaulofreire

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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