Education Businesses for Sale and Investment Opportunities in Africa

- Dance Studios Dubai is a professional dance school specialized in teaching ballroom and social dancing. The school was founded 12 years back and is one of the oldest ballroom dance schools in UAE. - During its first anniversary, it had proudly enrolled 150 students. Today the number of our students exceeds 3000 talented dancers. - Most of them are adults who had no previous dance experience and after enrolling in our dance classes, they turned into confident dancers and competitors, competing in International dance competitions. - The business concept is to provide high-quality ballroom dance instruction in a fun and supportive environment. - Everyone can learn to dance, regardless of their age, fitness level, or dance experience. - The unique selling proposition is the team of experienced and passionate instructors, the wide variety of dance classes which are more than 13 different dance types and can be expandable depending on the instructors' experience. - The size of a typical Dance Studios outlet is between 2,000 sq. feet and 5,000 sq. feet. Some of the key features that make Dance Studios different in comparison to other similar concepts in the same market: 1- First homegrown ballroom dance school in the region. 2- Professional dance teachers with an extensive list of awards and championship titles. 3- Customized learning experience with emphasis on development both. On the dancefloor and outside. 4- Strong community focus, offering regular practice nights, behavioral. Coaching, events to foster an exceptional development atmosphere beyond dance education. 5- Local and international exposure where students at have opportunities for international exposure, including participation in global competitions and events. 6- Regular access to updated and world-class information where we regularly invite world champions and top dance couples to give our students masterclasses and refresh our teachers' repertoire.

The SHIFT Forward Center - Venture Studio is a venture-building studio that incubates businesses and strives to create an entire community for innovation and value creation. Its competitive edge lies in innovation, sustainability, and community engagement. The centre will host a venture studio which will incubate 9 ventures per cohort. Similar to how we take a 10-40% stake in our ventures, the franchisee can also take a stake in the ventures they incubate in their centre. The venture studio makes money through the venture it invests in. Our target audience for the venture studio is women entrepreneurs, rural entrepreneurs, and forward-thinking entrepreneurs. Investing in the franchise offers an innovative concept, strong brand identity, proven success, growth potential, and community impact. The space requirement is huge as the ultimate plan is to create an entire centre with retail spaces where multiple businesses that our centre incubates can operate as well. More details on the land use can be viewed in the attached document. The owner of this business has registered the company in Houston, Texas, USA. However, both the current operating studios are in Uganda.

- LMI East Africa is the gateway to enhanced leadership and organizational success. -We are the exclusive master licensee for Leadership Management® International Inc. in East Africa. - 50+ years of experience in developing professional leaders across diverse industries. - Method-driven techniques and programs designed for sustainable leadership growth. - Our unique process magnifies potential and builds lasting leadership capability. - We actively engage with clients, providing coaching, facilitation, and guidance throughout the journey. - Proven system with measurable impacts on individual and company performance. - Comprehensive range of products and services tailored to boost business profitability. - Consistently ranked as the #1 training franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine.

- The college has a total number of 670 students undertaking courses in health and allied sciences. - The annual enrollment is 300 students. The target of the college is to reach 1,500 total students annually. - The promoter is the managing director and the founder with an MSc in Nursing education with more than 20 years of experience in education in the health sector. - The future plan is to establish TVET programs parallel to the ongoing diploma courses.

Jetking ventured into IT training in 1990 and has trained more than 10,00,000 students in hardware and networking courses since then. Courses that are compatible with the needs of various sectors such as IT and BPO, retail, and manufacturing, PSUs, healthcare, and many more. Further, we have expanded in emerging technologies like Blockchain, Metaverse, Cyber Security, and more. We have more than 100 centers across India and under the NSDC partnership we are looking at taking this to 200+ in the next 3 years. At the same time, we are planning 50+ centers overseas. Every year we train over 20,000+ students in more than 3 countries and give them a job in some of the top IT companies globally. Our courses are a blend of theory and practical sessions, with a greater focus on active participation, through our proprietary training methodology - 'Smartlab Plus" that focuses on the holistic development of the student bundled with hands-on technical training equipped with soft skills & core skills that are imperative for students to face the multi-faceted challenges of the corporate world. The sales projections are based on the average course fee and also based on the sales of the previous outlets. The business is based in India and is looking to the Saudi and UAE which is the reason for the owner to be temporarily based in the UAE.

- US International Beauty School started with a single goal in mind: to deliver world-class, high-quality beauty and cosmetics education in India, taught by skilled professionals and instructors. - With that in mind, we developed a world-class infrastructure with the assistance of our top-notch trainers. - We have 2 operational beauty school centers in and around Gurgaon. - Have 500+ active students enrolled in our courses ranging from short-term 15-day courses to long-term 2-year courses. - Tied up with well-known beauty studios such as Sephora, Colors Makeup Studio, and Geetanjali for placement of our graduates. - We not only produced a large number of graduates in a short period of time, but we also guaranteed that they were placed in jobs where they could use the skills we had taught them. - We are looking to expand our brand globally. The sales figures for our franchise format are conservative estimates based on the monthly sales of our current centers.

Merlion APAC Group has preschools in Singapore and China. It recently launches the online education portal for both full-time diploma courses in early childhood development education and short courses in inclusive education. And it currently is raising fund to set up a physical training school and therapy centre for special needs children. It offers franchise opportunities to set up international preschools with its bilingual neuroscience-based thematic curriculum (English and Chinese), structured and well planned programmes. It has a strong international experienced academic team who constantly does research to improve curriculum and pedagogies. It established its first franchise in Sri Lanka in 2017 and another two preschools in China in 2020. The Chairman of Merlion APAC Group was interviewed in China Central Television (CCTV) "Influence Of Dialogue" in 2015 and also was invited to Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College in 2019 to share about how MerlionKids pedagogies and programmes use neuroscience-based curriculum and STEM activities to help brain development in stages. As an educator themself, he felt that it was important to inculcate in children good learning attitudes and habitual thinking, to equip them with strong literacy and reading skill for self-expression of own emotions and communicating of their desires, self-regulation of emotion to be better interacting with other children and self-discovery to discover more about themselves, what they like and their interests. The multiple intelligence integrated of science, numeracy and literacy approach increased a child's curiosities to wanting to learn new knowledge and skills in his lifelong journey. Using this unique Singapore learning principle to guide a child to explore and discover the world happily lay a good foundation for his future. As a chartered accountant by profession, he hoped this revolutionary curriculum developed a child for better future and, in the way, changed the world for better. He believed there would be great demand for good quality preschools as China changed the one-child policy to two-child policy. Why choose Merlion APAC Group? 1. Registered IP. 2. Social and emotional learning. 3. Books on character development and value. 4. Fully structured bilingual programmes. 5. Complete training system and SOP. 6. Supply of teachers to fill up teaching positions. 7. Regular workshops/webinars for parents and partners. 8. Parents' recommendation and testimonial of Merlionkids preschools. 9. Operation excellence strategy. 10. Recipients of many awards in Singapore and China. 11. On-going research to improve curriculum and pedagogies. 12. Merlion APAC Group also provides other curriculum for inclusive education. 13. Merlion APAC Group training arm, Merlion Academy equips anyone who aspires to be a qualified preschool teacher with a professional Diploma Certificate in Early Childhood Education awarded by Pearson, OTHM and IAoTh, trained professional teachers will be secured to fill up the positions of new preschools. Merlion Academy is the sole accredited training provider for the International Association of Counsellors and Therapists (IACT) in ASEAN. Merlion Academy is one of the 3 business sectors (MerlionKids, Merlion Academy and PaediatricTx) under Merlion APAC Group. Merlion Academy is preparing to conduct online training courses to overseas students as well as raising funds to set up a training school in Singapore. The training school of qualified teachers in Early Childhood Development aims to meet teachers shortage in this industry. With this certification, we plan to set up PaediatricTx, a daycare therapy centre to provide inclusive therapy and care services. IACT. Practising therapists are required to be a registered therapists of 6 professional bodies.  International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT) being one of 6 professional bodies requires a candidate to have relevant qualification and experience before s/he is allowed to sit for the professional exams before being admitted as a member and being registered as a therapists. Merlion Academy has been accredited as a training organisation of International Association of Therapists (IAoTh) to provide bridging courses for interested candidate who may not have the relevant qualification and experience to obtain postgraduate diploma in education (PGDE) for IACT admission purpose. Merlion Academy will also be providing mentorship, as required by IACT when the candidate embarks on the professional exams. The graduates are able to apply for jobs in any of the commonwealth countries.

Da Vinci International Institute Of Design is a Mangalore based training institute that provides training on animation, design, visual effect, videography & photography. The firm was founded in 2010 and after a successful journey of 9 years, we ventured into franchising model and we currently have 3 company-owned franchises. Over the years, we have trained & placed 2,000 students in various reputed studios. Our average placement rate over the last 10 years has been 95%. We have also tied-up with Jain University to provide certifications to our students. At present, we are promoting our brand across India, Maldives and other countries and we have received interests from a good number of students. We are looking for very dynamic franchisee partners to spread our wings across India and abroad. Our franchisee model is unique as we follow "Pay as You Go" model. Details of the model is described below: - Franchise fee: We charge INR 1 lakh franchise fee per year. - Royalty: We don't charge a royalty and instead, we will provide our services to the franchisee partner. The services include social media marketing, faculty recruitment, certification fees. - Facility set-up: We will provide complete support to set-up the facility and interiors. We will send our own team on-site, be it domestic or international location, to provide assistance. Some of the advantages of our model are low initial investment, low operating cost, easy to operate, quicker break even and higher margin. Our training centers operate 2 batches per day and as a result, we are able to train large number of students per day.

2Ballet is a popular ballet school for children with 57 branches in 4 countries. Children's franchises are the most profitable and fast-growing industry. Advantages of 2Ballet are developed methodology and standards that define all aspects of work, and ensure that school clients (children and their parents, adult students) are motivated and happy to come to school. The professional ballet term 'work in full step' has become the motto of our team and has allowed us to achieve and maintain high results. The method of the school 2Ballet is aimed to involve the child, his aesthetic, physical development and form an interest in art. Our two-year-old students don't only just dance and take a 45-minute lesson but they also perform on a professional stage. We created the program for older students together with teachers of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography and artists of the Bolshoi theatre. We constantly improve the program, making it richer, brighter and more interesting. The company was founded 4 years ago by a married couple (professional ballerina and entrepreneur). One of the promoters is a winner of all-Russian and international competitions in classical choreography, and has two higher education qualifications: Lomonosov Moscow State University (faculty of journalism) and RSUH (faculty of management), for a long time was a foremost teacher of a large dance centre in Los Angeles (California, USA). We have developed and successfully implemented a system of adaptation of children in classical dance training based on the individual characteristics of students. Another owner is an expert in building business processes. Founder of several e-commerce projects and an IT development studio. The gamification experience is used to increase students' motivation for classes. Our business is least exposed to crises and risks: Our school in Lausanne, Switzerland, already teaches 300 students 9 months after going public, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. While restaurants and shops are closed for quarantine, 2Ballet school continues to operate. The main thing is that the business does not have any direct competitors. Owners are located in Russia and the business has a branch in Lausanne but the company was originated in Russia.

- Female designated entity engaged in the transformation of the lives of specially-abled people by providing diversity & inclusion solutions to clients that make a significant impact on client productivity and bottom line. - We have successfully completed nine projects and intend to take up four more this year. - Have signed up big corporates such as Ericsson, Britehouse, and the Development Bank of Southern Africa in the years we have been operational. - We have successfully placed more than 350 of our deaf candidates in various programs including skills development, employment equity, and enterprise development. This success has been achieved in spite of exclusive practices in the market against deaf employees. We have a strong database of more than one thousand deaf candidates still to be placed. - Deaf candidates have been placed in various sectors including the following; hospitality, construction, ICT, electoral operations, food and beverage, laboratory, health, logistics and warehousing, manufacturing, and transport. - We have produced a core of 16 deaf software engineers and are training 35 more (this is no small feat given the challenges with deaf education in South Africa) - We aim to expand on our ICT offering and we are currently developing an e-learning system using open source, that will be developed by our deaf software engineers. - We plan to expand into aquaponics farming to provide employment opportunities to our deaf candidates and leverage food security in our country. - We have witnessed steady growth in our revenue from ZAR 4.5 million in the 2018/2019 financial year to ZAR 9.2 million in the 2019/2020 financial year. With the right investor on board, we project growth of up to ZAR 50 million in the next 5 years. - Promoter has 25 years of experience and has gained it in the development and corporate sector.

RoboThink is a fast-growing coding, robotics and engineering edutainment franchise for kids with a presence in 23+ countries around the world. Our innovative STEAM education programs are developed for curious young minds from ages 5-12. Our STEAM programs cover robotics, coding and engineering skill development that is packaged in a way that is highly fun, entertaining and educational for kids. We are looking for master franchise partners who share our passion for future education in different countries. Both the investment amount and royalty varies according to region.

IIMR provides a specialized, high quality education and prepare students for professional positions in pharmaceutical companies which is a fast growing industry in India. We provide training to graduate students who aspire to become medical representative and make a career in pharma sector. IIMR has good business relation with more than 300 pharma companies and have excellent placement record of placing 10,000+ non technical & technical graduates like BA, BSc, BCom, MA, MSc, MCom, D Pharma, B. Pharma, BSc Biotec, MSc Biotec, BBA & MBA. The center will be able to achieve a monthly revenue of INR 5 lakh with 30% margin.