Maarifa Education provides high quality, accessible and market-relevant higher education through the investment in private universities.
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.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Sep 3, 2019 | Series Unknown | $7M | 1 | Finnfund | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Finnfund | Yes | Series Unknown |