We're building the backbone of African education.
Chapta is a school operating system made in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for nursery, primary and secondary schools that want to run with clarity, confidence and connection.
It started with a burden, not a business plan.
Chapta began as a deep personal burden. Our co-founders were embedded in grassroots education projects and saw first-hand how poorly equipped school owners were to run and grow their schools. Registers lived in exercise books, results took weeks, and parents heard about problems at the end of term.
Most school software was expensive, complex and built for somewhere else. So we started with what schools already had. The first version of Chapta ran on Google Sheets and WhatsApp, and it taught us a lot about how schools really work.
It also showed us the limits. Schools needed something that keeps working when the network drops, that carries a whole term from the first register to the last report card, and that gives parents a proper window into their child's school life. That's the Chapta we build today, with a growing team in Yenagoa.
To become the backbone of modern education across Africa, helping every school run with clarity, confidence and connection.
To make running a school smarter, data-driven and inclusive, starting with Nigeria and expanding across Africa.
Built with school owners, not just for them.
- The beginning
Working in grassroots education projects, our founders saw how poorly equipped school owners were to run and grow their schools.
- 2025
Chapta's first version ran on tools schools already knew, Google Sheets and WhatsApp, and taught us what schools really need.
- 2026
Chapta became its own platform: a web app for every role, the Chapta app for staff and Chapta Parents, built to work offline.
- Next
More schools across Nigeria first, then across the continent, with every feature shaped by school owners' feedback.
Recognised at every stage.
Since March 2025, the programmes that find and fund Nigeria's young tech companies have picked Chapta again and again, from a state competition to national demo days and a grand finale in London.
Chapta at ExCeL LondonNextGen grand finale, October 2026 
iDICE Founders Lab top 10Cohort 1, September 2026 · Image: iDICE On air at Golden FM 97.5Invited into the studio 
NextGen national showcaseAbuja, August 2026 · Photo: NBTI 
iHatch National Demo DayAbuja, December 2025 
ExCeL LondonVenue of the NextGen grand finale
First prize
Bayelsa Tech & AI Challenge
Maiden edition
We took first prize at the challenge's first edition as an idea-stage startup, and registered the company two weeks later.
Top 4 nationally
iHatch Startup Support Programme
Cohort 4 · NITDA and ONDI
We won our regional demo day, then placed in the top four of 12 national finalists at the National Demo Day in Abuja.
$7,000 in grants
iDICE Startup Bridge
Founders Lab · Cohort 1
Chosen from over 7,000 applicants, then awarded an equity-free base grant as one of 50 founders and a top-up as one of 10 cohort winners.
Presented in London
NextGen Innovation Challenge
2026 · NBTI
Showcased at NBTI's national exhibition in Abuja, then chosen from more than 3,000 applicants to present at the grand finale at ExCeL London.
How we work, every day.
People first
We build with heart, for educators, learners and each other. Always human, always kind.
Boldly better
We innovate with purpose, challenge limits and don't settle for good enough.
Together we rise
Collaboration fuels everything. We go further as one team, and with the schools we serve.
Simple on purpose
If a feature needs a training manual, it isn't finished. Clear beats clever.
Let's build better schools together.
Join the waitlist and watch the full walkthrough: the web app and both mobile apps, on an ordinary school day.
Prefer email? Write to inquiries@chapta.tech