Beating Competition
‘’ We pride ourselves as having the
best user experience in any learning
management system globally, that is
the ALU’s platform. We have presented our work in many places, and
people have come back to us as said
‘Yes! It is.’ We believe that we should
let the product speak for itself, and
that makes things easy for us.’’
“Second, we involve real users in our
technical roadmap. We prioritize
features based on the requests of our
customers and that way we cannot
lose them. The beauty of what we do
is that we build our technology from
scratch, making sure that there are no
limitations and teachers and students
were involved in the design process
from day one which is rare in all
technology companies. So this is the
unique scenario for us.”
“As we talk to various clients, we have
come to the realization that no other technology can compare to ours.
It is the first learning management
technology built around the learning
model. We have positioned ourselves
strategically by allowing our product to speak for itself, so I do not see
Clock investing heavily in
marketing.”
ters a myriad of challenges. “I am
struggling with work-life balance. I
am just 24 years old, and many people always say I have made it. I seem
to disagree because I don’t think
success is defined by the amount of
money you have in the bank or how
fast your company is growing. I define it with the lives I impact with my
work and keeping my relationships
with people that care about me intact.
So I want to work on these things.’’
A Man on a Mission
“I want to democratize education.
Your geographical location should
not be a barrier to high-quality education. This is to say, wherever you
are, you should have access to the
best education in the world especially because of the current advances
in technology. Of course, there are
some limitations such as physical infrastructure that are beyond our control, but over time, as these barriers
subside, we should be strategical to
roll up products to ensure universal
access to education. In future, Clock
will be the backbone of all forward
thinking institutions in Africa.”
“Another thing is redefining
Struggles of an
Entrepreneur
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