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Angela Essien

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Angela Essien is a Nigerian technology entrepreneur. She is co-founder of Schoolable, an edutech platform for education financing in Africa.[1]

Life

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Before starting her own business, Essien worked as a network engineer at Ettetronics Nigeria Limited, and also taught in several schools. She and Henry Nnalue founded Allpro as a startup in 2017.[2] Allpro offers credit management to lenders and gives proprietors, parents and teachers access to credit.[3]

In 2018 Allpro participated in GreenHouse Lab, Nigeria's first female-focused tech accelerator programme in partnership with Google.[4][5] The company received venture functing from Microtraction shortly afterwards.[2] Allpro's platform is now branded as Schoolable.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b TechCabal, Nigerian Women in Tech, March 2020, p.57. Accessed 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ifeanyi Ndiomewese, Microtraction makes third investment in edtech startup, Allpro, Techpoint, 16 August 2018. Accessed 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ Aderemi Ojekunle, 10 Nigerian startups to watch out for in 2019, Pulse, 15 February 2019. Accessed 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ GreenHouse Capital launches what is perhaps Nigeria’s first female-focused tech accelerator programme, Techpoint, 14 August 2018. Accessed 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ GreenHouse Lab in partnership with Google launches its first Cohort, Bella Naija, 20 August 2018. Accessed 16 May 2020.