South African Edtech Watobe Raises USD 636 K Seed Funding

Watobe, a South African Edtech firm supporting math learners, recently announced that it has raised USD 636 K in a seed funding round from educational publisher Twinkl. The Cape Town-based EdTech startup has joined the Twinkl business accelerator with this investment.

Watobe is a digital learning platform that aims to address the issues that African students and education systems confront by collaborating with parents and students to help them understand ideas, fill in gaps, and thrive in their studies.

Watobe is currently operating in South Africa but plans to expand its operations into other countries in Africa.