Maarifa Education Holdings

company

About

Maarifa Education provides high quality, accessible and market-relevant higher education through the investment in private universities.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised
$7M
Industries
Education,Finance,Higher Education
Founded date
Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active

Maarifa is a private tertiary education holding company founded by its management team with capital from ECP. Together, ECP and Maarifa management own 100% of Maarifa. Maarifa’s vision is to build a world-class, Pan-African education company that provides high-quality, market-relevant tertiary education to more than one million Africans over the course of the next 30 years. As of 2016, Maarifa had invested in two universities in Africa (in Uganda and Zambia), with total enrollments of around 6,000 students.

Maarifa is led by a management team with deep experience in and passion for tertiary education. Collectively, Maarifa’s senior management team and operating partners have decades of education experience with global education institutions such as Latimer Education, Strayer University, Alliant University, and Laureate Education, where they have worked in various roles in strategy, operations, enrollment management, business development, marketing, and real estate development.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$7M
Maarifa Education Holdings has raised a total of $7M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 3, 2019 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Sep 3, 2019 Series Unknown $7M 1 Finnfund Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
0
Maarifa Education Holdings has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 3, 2016, when Big Couch raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Jan 3, 2016 Big Couch
Seed Blockchain

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
1
Maarifa Education Holdings is funded by 1 investors. Finnfund are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Finnfund Yes Series Unknown