Our Mission
To empower underprivileged Ivorians, enabling them to achieve self-reliance and pursue prosperity. By providing access to quality job opportunities, we aim to elevate their potential and improve their lives.
Elevate University will be a game-changer for the continent.
Africa’s first economic development university!
It will serve as the foundational pillar of our mission to accelerate the continent’s transformation by equipping young Africans with the practical skills and industry-aligned training needed to drive real economic change.
Inspired by MIT, we’re taking a reverse-engineering approach: starting with Africa’s most pressing development challenges and designing majors and specializations that directly address those gaps.
But what makes this even more powerful:
This will be African-imagined, African-led, and African-run , with a vision for global competitiveness.
I’m beyond thrilled to help make it a reality!
Our Story
Why I’m Building Elevate University
Growing up in Côte d’Ivoire, my journey to higher education was filled with roadblocks that no student should ever have to face:
- Post-war instability closed down my university before I could even begin. The buildings were damaged, looted, and unsafe, and with it, my chance at a future.
(→ Structural instability)
- I was told my strong grades would qualify me for a scholarship. Instead, I watched as those opportunities were handed to people who could pay bribes, not those who earned them.
(→ Corruption)
- I found the perfect technical college, but by the time we scraped together the $300 registration fee, admissions had closed.
(→ Financial exclusion)
- I settled for a local college where professors often went unpaid, and we had to either bribe them to show up or teach ourselves from outdated materials.
(→ Poor quality education)
- I eventually went abroad to China to pursue my dreams, only to realize I had fallen victim to an education scam. Like so many African youth, I was just trying to find a better way.
(→ Exploitation of hope abroad)
How Elevate University Will Change the Narrative
Elevate University is being built to solve these exact problems — not in theory, but in real, structural ways:
- Hybrid learning model: A resilient structure that combines online and in-person education to ensure continuity, even during conflict or disruption.
- Scholarships based on merit, not money: We’ll reward talent and effort, not political or financial connections.
- World-class education at home: Through partnerships with global institutions, our students will access the same caliber of training found in elite universities abroad, without having to leave the continent.
- Well-compensated faculty & modern infrastructure: No more underpaid professors or broken classrooms. Our staff will be respected, empowered, and held to high standards.
- Opportunities created, not chased: Elevate will serve as a hub of innovation, entreprenHeadlineeurship, and job creation, so students no longer have to leave home to succeed.
OUR EDUCATIONAL FOCUS
1. Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
Impact on Developed Nations:
- Fueled the digital revolution and the information economy.
- Enabled the rise of tech giants like Microsoft, Apple, Google (U.S.), Alibaba, Tencent (China), and SAP (Germany).
- Created millions of high-paying jobs, sparked entire industries, and transformed education, healthcare, banking, and more.
- In countries like India, CS grads helped drive a massive outsourcing and tech boom, boosting GDP and foreign investment.
Why it matters for Africa:
- Africa can leapfrog industrial stages by going digital-first.
- CS/AI unlocks remote work, fintech, e-government, and smart agriculture.
2. Mechanical Engineering
Impact on Developed Nations:
- Powered the industrial revolution through machinery, manufacturing, and transportation.
- Central to the development of automobiles (Germany, U.S., Japan), aerospace (U.S., France), and defense industries.
- Enabled mass production and the creation of robust engineering-based economies.
Why it matters for Africa:
Essential for building local industries, creating machines, tools, vehicles, and automating agriculture and factories.
3. Electrical Engineering
Impact on Developed Nations:
- Drove the electrification of society, from power plants to homes to the digital age.
- Made possible the development of telecommunications, computing, and the Internet.
- Core to infrastructure: power grids, industrial controls, and now renewables and smart cities.
Why it matters for Africa:
Key to solving energy access, building smart infrastructure, and modernizing rural areas.
4. Agricultural Engineering
Impact on Developed Nations:
- Enabled the Green Revolution, increased crop yields and food security through mechanization, irrigation, and modern farming.
- In the U.S. and Europe, it reduced labor needs and allowed large-scale agriculture.
- Countries like the Netherlands and Israel turned poor soil into high-output agriculture powerhouses using agri-tech.
Why it matters for Africa:
Agriculture still employs 60 %+ of Africa’s workforce, yet remains low-tech and low-yield.
Agricultural engineering = food security, job creation, and export growth.
5. Construction & Civil Engineering
Impact on Developed Nations:
- Built the physical backbone of countries, roads, bridges, buildings, ports, and water systems.
- Fueled urbanization, trade, and mobility in all developed economies.
- Mega-projects like the U.S. Interstate Highway System, China’s high-speed rail, and Dubai’s urban boom were all led by civil engineers.
Why it matters for Africa:
Africa’s rapid urbanization requires sustainable, affordable infrastructure.
Construction creates mass employment, attracts investment, and unlocks regional trade.
Be Part of Africa’s Economic Transformation
Elevate University is Africa’s first economic development university, built by Africans, for Africa, with global impact in mind.
Practical. Industry-aligned. Purpose-driven.
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