Platform

One platform for scholarship records, student processes, and donor trust.

Openlabs Africa is organization-grade software for NGOs, CBOs, and scholarship programs that need cleaner student information between staff, students, and donors.

Openlabs Africa organization dashboard on a laptop, showing student totals, schools, and submission charts with illustrative data

How it works

The three connected products.

Organization dashboard

The control center for scholarship organizations. Manage students, schools, staff, letters, grades, forms, reports, and program settings in one place.

  • Student journey records
  • School and grade management
  • Flexible form and approval processes
  • Reports, folders, and exports

Student app

A mobile-first experience for students to submit grades, write donor letters, apply for fees or certifications, and upload required documents.

  • High school and post-secondary flows
  • Forms controlled by each organization
  • Fee and certification applications
  • Low-friction student communication

Donor dashboard

A donor-facing workspace for organizations that want donors to see the students they support, review progress, read letters, and respond.

  • Student progress visibility
  • Donor letters and replies
  • Impact and funding summaries
  • Controlled access by donor relationship

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Reporting workspace

Bring your program data together in reports you can organize, export, and share with your team.

Student records

Keep student profiles, school details, grades, and documents in one place, with a clear view of each student’s journey.

Forms Workspace

Build your own data collection forms for students, with questions and rules tailored to your program.

Openlabs Africa Forms Workspace showing a certification application builder with custom questions and audience rules

A shared workspace for your organization’s team

Workspace

Keep tasks and projects moving

Give your staff a shared workspace inside the organization dashboard. Plan projects, assign tasks, and see what needs attention across your team.

  • Assign tasks and follow their progress
  • Organize shared work into projects
  • See your tasks and projects at a glance
Openlabs Africa Workspace overview showing assigned tasks, projects, and upcoming calls with illustrative data

Workspace chat and calls

Connect your team in real time

Keep staff conversations close to the work. Use workspace chats and real-time calls to coordinate, resolve questions, and move projects forward together.

  • Chat with staff in shared channels
  • Make real-time calls from your workspace
  • Keep project conversations in one place
Openlabs Africa Workspace chat showing team channels and conversations with illustrative data

Mobile access

Students should not need a laptop to stay active in a program.

The student app keeps submissions and communication close to the student. High school students can submit grades and write donor letters, while post-secondary students can manage fee applications and upload supporting documents.

Openlabs Africa student mobile app screens

Alumni journey

Keep supporting students into the job market.

The Openlabs Africa student journey can continue after primary, high school, college, or university. Alumni can build profiles, upload CVs, review job matches, and use AI tools to prepare applications for local and remote opportunities.

Jobs can be filtered around the student profile, interests, hobbies, course background, and preferred work path. The goal is to help graduates move from scholarship support into employment with the same continuity that supported them through school.

Graduation is not the end state

Openlabs Africa can keep alumni connected after school by carrying their education history, interests, skills, and support records into the next stage.

CV and job application support

Students can maintain CVs and profiles that AI tools can adapt for stronger, more relevant job applications.

AI-assisted applications

Cover letters, job-fit summaries, and application preparation can be generated from each alumnus profile and reviewed before submission.

Outcome visibility

Organizations can see how supported students progress into internships, local roles, remote jobs, and longer-term alumni impact.

Automation for repetitive program work.

Openlabs Africa AI tools are designed to work from the rules each organization gives them. Staff remain responsible for final decisions, while the tools prepare the evidence and calculations.

Fee application review support

AI tools can read fee structures and statements, calculate what needs to be paid, and prepare a spreadsheet for staff review.

Letter and document review

Review student letters, required files, and application evidence against the rules each organization sets.

Donor communication

Keep donors close to the journey with letters, updates, replies, and program reports connected to the right student records.

Progress monitoring

Track academic performance, submissions, schools, student categories, and follow-up needs across the whole program.