About
We build software for the work of running a school.
Schooled is built in Nairobi. Most of our team has either taught in a school, worked in one, or had a child in one. The product decisions come from that.
We have sat in the bursar's office during fees-collection week, watched the queue, watched the M-Pesa messages come in faster than the receipts can be typed. We are not designing for an idealised school we read about in a deck.
We ship one product at a time, and the next one is informed by what the schools already using us tell us they need. The roadmap on the Products page is short on purpose — we do not announce things we have not started.
How we think
Four rules we work to.
Built for African schools
Three terms a year. Mid-term breaks. Fees in M-Pesa. Power that goes out at the worst time. The software has to work in those conditions, not just in a demo.
Schools' data is theirs
We can run the software on-premise inside the school if that is what the school wants. We do not hold data hostage.
We answer the phone
Same support number for the bursar's M-Pesa question and for the bus running late. Pick up, even if the answer is 'we will call you back in twenty'.
We ship the next thing slowly
Half-built software is worse than no software. We are deliberate about which product is next.