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AI Chat Tutor
Students ask questions and get instant, curriculum-aligned answers. The AI teaches the way their specific school teaches.
Bulawayo · Zimbabwe · Est. 2024 · Backed by the work
AI for Africa. Built in Bulawayo.
Rylo Labz is building the education infrastructure Africa should have had a decade ago. Our flagship platform, LuxTutor, is an AI tutor aligned to ZIMSEC and Cambridge — already in the door with 30 schools and two national universities. We work with school leaders, ministries, and telcos to put a world-class tutor in every student's pocket.
In pipeline with
Goldridge College Trust
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NUST Bulawayo
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University of Zimbabwe
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ZITF 2026
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Students in Zimbabwe
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Schools in pipeline
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Students onboarding Yr 1
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8-year revenue target
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AI tutoring◆
ZIMSEC aligned◆
Cambridge aligned◆
Teacher tools◆
Parent dashboards◆
Built in Africa◆
AI tutoring◆
ZIMSEC aligned◆
Cambridge aligned◆
Teacher tools◆
Parent dashboards◆
Built in Africa◆
01 — The problem
Africa's education system
Africa's education system
is in crisis.
70% of Zimbabwean students fail their O-Levels. The country is short more than 50,000 teachers — and loses 4,000 more every year to emigration. Parents pay premium fees for average outcomes. Universities receive under-prepared intake, year after year.
This isn't a content problem. It's an infrastructure problem. The teachers, time, and one-to-one attention required to close the gap simply do not exist — and no amount of traditional hiring will produce them fast enough.
We think AI changes the shape of what's possible here. Not as a replacement for teachers, but as the infrastructure that makes every teacher more effective and every student individually taught.
70%
O-Level failure rate
50K+
Teacher shortfall
4,000
Teachers leaving / yr
45:1
Student-to-teacher ratio
02 — Flagship product
LuxTutor
AI tutoring that learns from each school's own teachers — then delivers personalised, curriculum-aligned instruction to every student, 24 hours a day.
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Exam Engine
Auto-generates practice exams from past papers. Aligned to ZIMSEC and Cambridge syllabi. Instant grading with detailed feedback.
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Progress Dashboard
Real-time analytics for parents and teachers. Predicted grades, study patterns, strengths and weaknesses — all visible.
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Slide Studio
AI generates professional lesson slides from teacher notes. Export to PDF or PowerPoint. Teacher time saved: 6+ hours a week.
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Podcast Studio
Converts lessons into audio podcasts. Students learn on the bus, walking home, anywhere — not just at a desk.
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Teacher Toolkit
Lesson plans, essay feedback, flashcards, marking assistance. The quiet infrastructure behind a better teaching day.
03 — Evidence
AI tutoring works.
AI tutoring works.
The research is clear.
+18%Grade improvement — Curro + CENTURY, South Africa
2×Maths progress — Mindspark RCT, India
75% vs 33%AP exam pass rate with AI tutor vs without
+0.73–1.3σLearning gain — Harvard RCT, 2025
The evidence base isn't thin — it's been accumulating for a decade. What's new is the cost curve: what cost $100 per student to serve in 2023 costs roughly $2 today. The economics finally work for African markets.
04 — Traction & pipeline
Already in the door
Already in the door
with major institutions.
Confirmed pipeline
2026
Goldridge College Trust
30 schools · 12,000 students
- On the approved suppliers list
- One decision covers all 30 campuses
- iPad infrastructure already deployed
- Projected revenue: $600K–$1.2M / yr
Active negotiation
2026
NUST — Bulawayo
~12,000 students
- National University of Science & Technology
- Best education exhibit, ZITF 2025
- $100 / student per semester pricing
- $2.4M annual revenue potential
Target pipeline
2026–27
University of Zimbabwe
~20,000 students
- UZ Innovation Hub pathway open
- $100 / student per semester
- $4M annual revenue potential
- Gateway to all 22 Zim universities
Roadmap
Zimbabwe first. Then the continent. Then the world.
2026Goldridge Trust launch. 30 schools, 12,000 students onboarded. First revenue.
2027All Trust Schools + NUST + UZ. 100+ schools. Target: $3M–$5M ARR.
2028All Zimbabwean universities. 22 institutions. Government schools pilot. Target: $8M–$12M.
2029South Africa entry. 14.5M students. CAPS curriculum. Curro, ADvTECH. Target: $20M–$35M.
2030Pan-African expansion. Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania. Target: $50M–$70M.
2032Global. Southeast Asia, Middle East, Latin America. $100M+ ARR.
05 — The company
Small team, high bar,
Small team, high bar,
built in Bulawayo.
Rylo Labz is a Zimbabwean AI company building for local curriculum, local context, and local ownership of the underlying technology. No data colonisation. No foreign dependency for the things that matter most.
We work directly with school leadership, ministries, and university innovation hubs. We ship quickly, iterate in the field, and keep the decisions about African education in African hands.
Why now
- Zimbabwe National AI Strategy 2026–30. Launched March 2026. Explicitly calls for AI-powered learning. We're building what the government mandated.
- AI costs dropping exponentially. $100 per student in 2023 is $2 today. The economics finally work.
- Zero funded competition. Only $50K total funding across all 24 Zim EdTech startups. The first mover with real capital takes the market.
Built for her.
And for the 5.9 million other students who deserve better.
93%+Gross margin
$0Marginal cost per student
13.7×Projected ROI for schools
250M+School-age population, Africa
06 — Work with us
The right product.
The right product.
The right market.
The right time.
We're raising a $100K equity round to lock in first-mover advantage across Zimbabwe's education market — and we're taking meetings with schools, universities, telcos, and development agencies that want to move with us.