When conversations turn to African companies exporting education to the West, few names come up immediately. But among many Nigerian families in cities such as Maryland and Manchester, BRINT Online School has steadily built a reputation that is hard to ignore.
The company has carved out a space for itself by doing what many in Africa’s tech ecosystem often talk about but rarely execute at scale. BRINT has created a cross border digital education business serving more than 1,000 learners across eight countries, connecting children in the diaspora with one on one online tutoring delivered by Nigerian and African educators.
That journey now feeds directly into its next major move. On Saturday, July 25, 2026, BRINT will host the Brint EdTech Summit 2026 at Four Points by Sheraton in Victoria Island, Lagos. The summit will be held under the theme, Africa’s Role in Shaping Global Education, a message that reflects the company’s wider belief that Africa’s contribution to education should go beyond participation and move firmly into leadership and influence.
At the centre of BRINT’s model is a virtual school designed for African children living abroad. Families are matched with carefully vetted tutors, and each learner is given a study plan tailored to their specific needs. Classes are delivered across different time zones and span the full K to 12 journey, from EYFS to secondary level.
Its curriculum covers core subjects such as Mathematics, English, the Sciences, Coding and STEM, while also extending into French, Spanish, African Languages, Moral Ethics and Values. Without operating a physical campus, the school has managed to grow across multiple countries while maintaining a 97 per cent parent satisfaction rate.
The impact of that model is reflected in the feedback from parents. One parent in the United States, Mrs Salewa Olubode, praised the teachers for the difference they have made in the lives of her children. In the United Kingdom, Mrs Akinkoye said her daughter received a commendation from school after showing clear improvement.
What makes BRINT’s rise particularly notable is that its story is not only about education, but also about technology. African EdTech has increasingly shown that it can solve problems at scale in ways that are distinct from the systems built in other markets. BRINT fits into that conversation as a practical example of how a low overhead, cross border virtual school can deliver quality teaching, cultural understanding and personalised support to children living in different countries.
Rather than replicating Western education products, the company’s approach reflects solutions built from the realities of African families, African educators and diaspora communities. That is part of what has made platforms like BRINT more visible to global investors, diaspora networks and international institutions looking closely at where the next wave of education innovation could emerge.
The Brint EdTech Summit is expected to focus on some of the biggest questions facing African education technology today. Among the issues on the agenda is how African EdTech companies can scale beyond their home markets and close the gap between building a strong product and building a globally recognised business. Another area of focus will be the disconnect between what many education systems currently teach and the skills increasingly required in a digital economy.
The summit will also push a broader conversation about Africa’s place in global education, including whether the continent can move from simply consuming global learning systems to actively shaping the standards, ideas and solutions that define the future of education.
BRINT says the event is being designed to bring together a broad mix of stakeholders, including EdTech founders, investors, policymakers, school owners, curriculum designers and global partners. The thinking behind that approach is clear. Some of the strongest ideas in African EdTech do not fail because the products are weak, but because they run into barriers around funding, policy or access to the right partnerships. Bringing those voices into one room, under the leadership of a company that has already built across borders, could make the summit an important moment for the sector.
The Brint EdTech Summit 2026 will hold on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos, with activities beginning at 9:00am. The event will feature keynote speeches, panel sessions and an exhibition of homegrown EdTech solutions aimed at showing how African innovation is helping to set new standards in global learning.
BRINT Online School is an African digital education platform focused on personalised one on one tutoring and virtual schooling for African children in the diaspora. From early years through secondary education, the platform connects families with vetted Nigerian and African educators across subjects including Mathematics, English, the Sciences, Coding, STEM, French, Spanish, Public Speaking, African Languages, Moral Ethics and Values. With more than 1,000 learners across eight countries and a 97 per cent parent satisfaction rate, the company continues to position itself around a simple promise: Limitless Learning, Limitless Possibilities.
