Arifu
IT Services and IT Consulting
Nairobi, Nairobi 3,812 followers
We exist to upskill, place information and opportunity within reach of everyone on any mobile phone at no cost.
About us
Arifu is a Nairobi-based edtech company making it possible for anyone to access the information and opportunities they need from the organizations they trust over any mobile phone. With Arifu, people seeking to learn can freely access the Arifu chatbot using interactive SMS or smartphone chat apps to master new skills, discover a world of free educational content, and earn rewards from our partners whether or not they have internet or airtime. The Arifu chatbot delivers personalized content designed in-house in close collaboration with our partners including financial service providers, mobile operators, agribusinesses and NGOs. Our partners use Arifu to engage, train, and capture data on underserved people across their value chains, especially hard-to-reach customers, retailers, and suppliers. Currently serving over 1.2m learners in Africa, Arifu has demonstrated results increasing people’s income and access to impactful products and services while creating shared value for partners. To date, the Arifu chatbot has helped thousands of refugees and marginalized communities learn financial and livelihood skills while connecting to impactful products and services that will help address some of their toughest challenges. With the Arifu platform, iNGOs, socially-minded firms, and governments can now deliver interactive skills training and essential information to millions of people in a scalable, sustainable way that creates shared value for all.
- Website
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https://www.arifu.com
External link for Arifu
- Industry
- IT Services and IT Consulting
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Nairobi, Nairobi
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- digital learning in emerging markets, agriculture, financial inclusion, consumer products, and edtech innovation
Locations
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Primary
Kindaruma Road (behind Coptic Hospital)
Nairobi, Nairobi, KE
Employees at Arifu
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Craig Heintzman
CEO at Arifu | Chatbots | Emerging Markets | Edtech, Jobtech, Fintech | GenAI
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Erik Beck, P.Eng
Projects Manager - Strategic Engineering and Underwater Remote Mining at Burgundy Diamond Mines
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Anjichi Norbert
Senior Software Engineer
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Marisa Conway
Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer at Arifu