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RoboCode.Africa was founded by African educators and engineers who believe the continent's next wave of innovators are already sitting in school classrooms — they just need the tools.
“To democratise access to robotics and STEM education for every student in Africa — safely, affordably and joyfully.”
— The RoboCode.Africa founding team
Across Africa, talented students want to learn electronics, robotics and AI. But real hardware kits cost $50–$200 per student — out of reach for most school budgets. Existing simulation tools are designed for wealthy markets: expensive licensing, high-bandwidth requirements, English-only interfaces, and zero child-safety infrastructure.
At the same time, platform-level child safety — moderated communication, content review and takedown, code that runs sealed off from everything else — is treated as optional, even though our users are primarily minors.
We built RoboCode.Africa to solve all of this in one place.
Zero hardware needed — simulate real chips in the browser
Optimised for low-bandwidth connections across the continent
Child-safety infrastructure built into every feature
Guided curriculum aligned to African STEM outcomes
Free for individual students, always
Built with African classrooms in mind — low-bandwidth optimised, locally relevant context, and priced for African school budgets.
Every feature is reviewed through a child-safety lens first. We meet COPPA, GDPR-K, POPIA and the Zimbabwe Data Protection Act.
Students get the full Studio and beginner courses free, forever. We refuse to gate foundational learning behind a paywall.
We believe the best way to learn electronics is to build something. Every lesson ends with a circuit to wire and code to run.
While we love a good leaderboard, we foster collaboration — team projects, shared galleries, and peer learning are core to the experience.
We believe the next generation of hardware engineers, AI researchers and robotics inventors are sitting in classrooms across our continent right now.
A teacher with one Raspberry Pi and 30 curious students — and zero affordable simulation tools. The problem was clear.
A rough browser simulator built over a weekend. 3 schools, 120 students, 6 months of feedback. The concept was validated.
Full-stack rewrite with a sandboxed code runner, content moderation, and a proper gamification engine. 50 schools onboarded.
First national Zimbabwe robotics competition hosted on the platform. 500+ schools across 12 African countries.
20 000+ active students. Expanding hardware kits programme. On a mission to reach 1 million students by 2028.
Our small, distributed team is spread across the continent — each member bringing lived experience of African education.
Takudzwa Moyo
Co-founder & CEO
Harare, Zimbabwe
Amara Osei
Co-founder & CTO
Accra, Ghana
Nomvula Dlamini
Head of Education
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kwame Asante
Head of Safety & Trust
Lagos, Nigeria
We're hiring educators, engineers and community builders. See open roles.
Whether you're a student, teacher, school or partner — there's a place for you in the RoboCode community.
Want to partner, sponsor or donate? Let's talk