{"id":615162,"date":"2025-10-23T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=615162"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:50:37","slug":"multichoice-backed-software-and-training-startup-going-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/615162-multichoice-backed-software-and-training-startup-going-international.html","title":{"rendered":"MultiChoice-backed software and training startup going international"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MultiChoice Innovation Fund (MIF) backed LightBulb Edtech has announced a complete upgrade of its platform system architecture, promising improved speed, resilience, and scalability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2015, the Software-as-a-Service and Education-as-a-Service company offers customised training solutions for modern workforces and online learners entering the working world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, it serves over 50,000 users across schools, universities, and corporate clients through results-driven programmes. It has big plans to expand internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lightbulb Edtech helps organisations deliver onboarding and induction training, compliance, and product training, upskilling and reskilling programmes, and interactive remote learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company operates across South Africa and has registered a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the United States. It is also looking to expand into the rest of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our mission is to fill the void between the online education landscape by offering learners a robust platform for supplementary support,&#8221; it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightbulbedtech.com\/about\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lightbulbedtech.com\/about\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our ultimate objective is to empower our clients by providing them with the necessary support and skills to secure sustainable employment opportunities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the MIF&#8217;s support, Lightbulb Edtech accelerated its research and development and upgraded its platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The MultiChoice Innovation Fund&#8217;s backing was transformative,&#8221; said Allan Mushabe, Lightbulb Edtech CEO and founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We invested deeply in research and development, completely enhanced our offering to keep clients ahead in a market where skills needed to stay relevant and change fast.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MultiChoice highlighted the company&#8217;s impact in its statement. In Ga-Maake Village in Limpopo, its partnership with the Telkom Foundation supported 180 matric maths learners across seven schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The programme included a geometric interpretation approach to make complex maths concepts more accessible,&#8221; said MultiChoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company lists prominent partners on its website, including MultiChoice, Amazon Web Services, Telkom, Microsoft, and Mondi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With its upgraded platform architecture and growing list of successful partnerships, Lightbulb Edtech is better positioned than ever to bridge the gap between education and employment,&#8221; said MultiChoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By making it easier for organisations to deliver customised training and track learner progress, the company is helping reduce the skills gap and improve workforce readiness.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice-backed Lightbulb Edtech has also announced significant upgrades to its platform, promising improved speed, resilience, and scalability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":615170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[101925,475,99859,9703,65819],"class_list":["post-615162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-lightbulb-edtech","tag-multichoice","tag-multichoice-innovation-fund-mif","tag-online-learning","tag-online-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615174,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615162\/revisions\/615174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}