Founder & CEO · Est. 2024 · Lagos
Oponeko · The operating system for African schools.
From a student's first day to graduation, Oponeko helps schools, educators, and families stay connected, organized, and informed.
The problem
Schools run our future on paper
The most information-dense institutions in our communities have the least usable information.
Administration eats teaching time
Most schools still run on paper registers, spreadsheets, and WhatsApp groups. Teachers and administrators lose hours every week to work that software solved decades ago in every other industry.
Families are left in the dark
Between termly report cards, parents hear little about attendance, performance, or fees. When home and school can't communicate, students fall through the cracks.
Decisions without data
School leaders make enrollment, staffing, and fee decisions blind. The information exists, scattered across notebooks and desks, but it was never designed to be used.
The vision
“Every school in Africa (not just the wealthiest) running on software that makes teaching easier, parents more involved, and decisions smarter.”
Every feature serves one journey: a student walks in on their first day, and everything that matters about their education (attendance, results, fees, communication with home) is organized, visible, and useful, all the way to graduation.
The product
Everything a school runs on
One platform for the daily work of running a school, built for how African schools actually operate.
Student records
One clean record per student (admissions, biodata, academic history) from first enrollment to graduation.
Attendance
Daily attendance in seconds, with patterns surfaced early so no child quietly disappears.
Results & report cards
Enter scores once; generate consistent, professional report cards and transcripts automatically.
Fees & billing
Clear invoices, payment tracking, and reminders, so schools spend less time chasing and reconciling fees.
School and home communication
Announcements, messages, and updates that actually reach parents, keeping families involved between report cards.
Insights
Attendance, performance, and revenue trends in one dashboard, giving school leaders the data to decide with confidence.
Roadmap
Where Oponeko is going
Shipped, underway, and next, all in the open.
2025
School digitization platform launched
Core platform live: records, attendance, results, fees, and communication for early partner schools.
2026
Scaling across Nigeria
Growing the network of partner schools and deepening the product around how Nigerian schools actually work.
Next
AI-assisted schooling
Applying our research (educational AI, local-language support, trustworthy information) directly inside the product.
Future
Pan-African expansion
Bringing the platform to schools beyond Nigeria, adapted to each country's curriculum and context.
See Oponeko in action
Running a school, or working with schools? A demo takes twenty minutes.