Fusion Mobile Nigeria Limited

Fusion Mobile
Fusion Mobile m-learning App
Fusion Mobile on Android
Developer(s) Fusion Mobile Nigeria Limited
Initial release 2012 (2012)
Operating system
Type e-Learning
License Proprietary
Fusion Mobile Nigeria Limited
Industry e-Learning, Education
Founded 2014
Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria
Products
  • Fusion Mobile
  • cheapSMS
$1,000,000
Number of employees
 30
Slogan Quality e-Learning Experience on the Go!
Website myfusionmobile.com

Fusion Mobile Nigeria Limited is an educational organization created in 2012 by Dr Odum Ikechukwu to provide ".. education for Africa with primary focus on Nigeria." Its mobile App features educational resources, including a personalized learning dashboard, over 100,000 practice problems, and over 2,000 micro lectures via video tutorials in the app teaching mathematics, Use of English, physics, chemistry, biology, government, finance, art history, economics, music, and computer science. All resources are available to anyone around the world.

History

In 2012, Dr Odum Ikechukwu and Emmanuel Uche founded and launched Fusion Mobile, an m-Learning startup with an aim to mimic Khan Academy’s success by delivering a wide range of m-Learning materials, from interactive quizzes to Mobile Video Lectures across Nigeria.[1] After teaching a couple of students preparing for West African Examination Council (WAEC) Exams and Joint Admission Matriculation Board Exams (JAMB), he clearly observed that the students, especially those who attended government schools didn't know much and had a poor academic background. He started researching on ways to help bring them quality education to the masses. During the course of his research, he stumbled on Khan Academy and knew a modification of Khans method would go a long way to solve the problem. His platform would not run on YouTube or on the internet as the students in Nigeria have little or no access to the internet to stream videos. This was the birth of Fusion Mobile.

Products and services

Fusion Mobile Nigeria's product categories include:

Educational Impact

Many companies and foundations and the Ministry of Education, Nigeria commend Fusion Mobile's model of online education on its technological ingenuity and its ability to introduce different educational dynamics. However, both the cost and the realistic implementation of this ideal has been a problem. Fusion Mobile relies on support from individuals and associations to fund the company. The Fusion Mobile m-learning platform is now in the market at N8000 i.e. about $50.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "About Fusion Mobile". Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "My Fusion Mobile | Nigeria's Mobile e-Learning Platform". Retrieved 9 September 2014.

See also

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