Hai Africa

Name

Hai Africa

Legal name

Hai Africa

Website

https://haiafrica.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early Childhood Education (Nonprofit Social Services)

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Preschool Programs within Private K–12 Schools (EDACABAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE), International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB), NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

Keywords

• Early childhood education
• Waldorf pedagogy
• Nonprofit education services
• Community development program
• Handcrafted artisan store

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations (Sponsors): Recurring donations from individual sponsors cover school expenses including meals, staff salaries, uniforms, school supplies, and subsidy of primary education in government schools for graduated children.
2. E-commerce Store (Handmade Crafts): Sale of handmade bracelets, chokers, mugs, and posters. Products are made in Kenya by community women (Loja das Mamas) and by local artists. Prices range from R$20-$65 for bracelets and kits, R$35.90 for chokers, R$39.90 for mugs, R$60 for posters.
3. GlobalGiving Platform Donations: International donations facilitated through GlobalGiving platform linked on the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hai Africa runs the Hai Centre in Kabiria, Nairobi, delivering free Waldorf-pedagogy early childhood education (ages 2–6) along with meals, uniforms, and supplies, and supports graduated children through subsidies at government primary schools. The organization complements this with an online store (Loja das Mamas) selling handcrafted bracelets, chokers, mugs, and posters made by community women and local artists, plus a volunteer program (HAI Experience) and recurring sponsorship/donation programs via GlobalGiving.

Product overview

Hai Africa is a non-profit organization operating primarily as an education provider (Hai Centre) offering free Waldorf-pedagogy early childhood education in Kabiria, Nairobi. The organization also runs an e-commerce store (Loja das Mamas) selling handcrafted Kenyan jewelry and accessories to generate income for local women and the school. Additional offerings include a volunteer experience program and donation programs facilitated through GlobalGiving.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HAI Experience: Volunteer experience program allowing visitors to participate in and learn about the organization's work in Kabiria, Nairobi.

Products and services

• Hai Centre (School) A Waldorf-pedagogy early childhood education center located in Kabiria, Nairobi, Kenya, providing free education and nutrition to children aged 2-6 plus support for primary-school-age students. Free for beneficiary families in Kabiria.
• Loja das Mamas (Handcrafted Goods Store) An online store selling handcrafted jewelry and accessories — bracelets, chokers, mugs, and posters — produced by community women in Kenya (Loja das Mamas) and local artists. Proceeds support income generation for the women and Hai Africa. Items priced R$20–R$65 for bracelets/kits, R$35.90 chokers, R$39.90 mugs, R$60 posters.
• HAI Experience (Volunteer Program) A volunteer/immersive experience program allowing visitors to stay at the volunteer apartment inside the Hai Centre and participate in community activities, learning about Waldorf pedagogy and the Kabiria community.
• Donation and Sponsorship Programs Recurring individual sponsorship and one-off donation programs that fund children's meals, salaries, uniforms, supplies, and primary-school fee subsidies, collected via the Hai Africa website and the GlobalGiving platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ children impacted over 10 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Project TrêscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the 'Loja das Mamas' (Mamas' Store) - a collective initiative to provide income generation for women in the Kabiria community through crafting and selling accessories. Project Três helped make this initiative a reality for women who are sole breadwinners.
• GlobalGivingcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational donation platform used for collecting donations from global supporters. The website links directly to GlobalGiving for the 'Donate Now' functionality.
• Baião StudiominorOthersDesign studio credited for creating the free poster with phrases from the HAI project. Contact provided as www.baiaostudio.com.br.
• Curió Ilustração (Rhayani Paschoalim)minorOthersArtist and illustrator who partnered with HAI Africa to create the 'Pôster Berta e Clarissa' for printing and sale in support of the NGO.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Room to Read: Established international NGO operating literacy and gender-equality education programs across multiple developing countries in Africa and Asia. Comparable to Hai Africa in mission (education access for underserved children) and donor-supported delivery model, but operates at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• BRAC: One of the world's largest international development organizations, with extensive education, microfinance, and health programs across Africa and Asia. Comparable to Hai Africa in delivering integrated education-plus-community services to underserved populations, though at an entirely different order of magnitude.
• WE Charity / WE Movement: International development and education organization known for combining donor-funded school-building with community empowerment programs. Shares Hai Africa's donor-to-community-funding bridge model and holistic education-plus-community-development orientation, though at much larger scale.
• Pencils of Promise: International non-profit that builds schools and develops education programs in developing countries. Comparable in donor-funded school-building mission and grassroots-community engagement, though operating at materially larger scale and with a broader geographic footprint than Hai Africa.

Emerging players

• African Library Project: Non-profit that establishes small libraries and reading programs in African rural and underserved communities. Comparable in grassroots, education-access-for-underserved-African-children mission, and donor-supported model, though focused on literacy infrastructure rather than full school operations.
• Fountain Project Kenya: Small grassroots non-profit supporting community development and education projects in Kenya, including informal settlement contexts. Comparable to Hai Africa in small-scale, donor-funded, Kenya-based grassroots operating model, though with a less defined early-childhood education specialization.

Direct peers

• Ubuntu Education Fund: Community-based organization providing holistic education, health, and social services to children in Port Elizabeth, South Africa's informal settlements. Comparable to Hai Africa in mission (serving underserved African children), community-embedded operating model, and combined education-plus-support services approach.
• Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO): Kenya-based community-led NGO operating in the Kibera informal settlement, providing free education, health services, and women's economic empowerment to underserved children and families — the closest comparable to Hai Africa's Kabiria operations in terms of geography, mission, and grassroots community-led model.
• Mama Hope: Global non-profit that partners with African community-led initiatives, funding locally driven education, health, and economic empowerment projects. Highly comparable to Hai Africa's '100% local community' model, focus on African community self-determination, and donor-funded but locally executed delivery.

Others

• GlobalGiving: International crowdfunding and donation platform connecting grassroots NGOs like Hai Africa with global individual donors. Listed as a peer because it is both Hai Africa's primary international donation channel and an ecosystem participant that enables the comparable grassroots-NGO peer set above.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/haiafrica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/haiafrica
• Instagraminstagram.com/haiafrica

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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