Artificial Intelligence-Powered Assessments for Africa’s Future
Bringing Credibility Back to Assessment in Africa
Examination bodies.
WAEC, NECO, and JAMB prep
Continuous assessments
Teacher dashboards & learning analytics
Professional bodies & recruiters.
Job-specific skills tests
Psychometric assessments
Code and soft-skills evaluation
Corporate entities.
Compliance and onboarding tests
Staff performance tracking
Enterprise training feedback
Our Vision.
About Us.
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Upstage Technology Company Limited is building Nigeria’s first AI-powered, offline-first assessment platform, reimagining learning, hiring, and skills verification for schools, companies, and certification bodies across Africa.
We solve core problems in the education and recruitment space by delivering fast, fair, and fraud-proof assessments powered by local expertise and advanced AI.
Africa’s untapped potential is massive:
– 40M+ students in need of smarter testing
– 5M+ annual job seekers require skill verification
– Thousands of companies need to hire right
– Governments pushing for digital transformation
– A booming $500M+ assessment market
founder
patrick akori
Patrick Akori is the CEO and CoFounder of Upstage Tech Ltd, where he leads the company’s mission to redefine how organizations across Africa adopt, scale, and sustain digital transformation. A seasoned SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) and Agile Transformation Leader with over 24 years of experience, Patrick blends deep enterprise agility expertise with a strong background in financial systems, risk management, and technology-driven innovation.
Patrick’s vision for Upstage Tech is clear: to build the continent’s most trusted platform for digital transformation, one that elevates people, accelerates innovation, and shapes the future of work across Africa.
co-founder
Jehoshaphat Osuji
A process driven technology leader and Co Founder of an AI powered exam and assessment company, bringing a rare blend of ERP systems expertise, product management, and operational excellence. With a disciplined, analytical mindset and a passion for building scalable systems, he plays a central role in translating assessment theory and AI capability into reliable, compliant, and market ready products.
Jehoshaphat is driven by the vision of building Africa relevant, globally competitive AI assessment infrastructure. Platforms that enhance fairness, scale access to quality evaluation, and support institutions with trusted, data driven decision making. His focus is on ensuring that AI in examinations is not just powerful, but credible, compliant, and operationally sound.