Basic Details
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Roshni Academy: Offline-First Mobile Learning Platform for Afghan Women |
| Type | Web App |
| Difficulty | 55 |
| Ideal Capital | 15000 |
| ROI | 45% |
| ETA on ROI | 12 |
| Target Audience | Afghan women and girls aged 12-35, international NGOs, humanitarian donors, and diaspora education funders |
| Target Countries | Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey; diaspora in USA, Canada, UK, Germany, UAE |
| Target Demographics | Female, 12-35, Dari/Pashto speakers, Muslim-majority, interested in education, literacy, digital skills, and vocational training |
| Description | Build a Progressive Web App (PWA) optimized for 2G/3G and intermittent connectivity. It delivers a Dari/Pashto curriculum (literacy, numeracy, English, digital skills, women’s health, financial literacy) in small downloadable packets. Lessons can be requested and received via WhatsApp/Telegram and SMS/USSD so users can learn offline. Tech stack: Next.js/React PWA frontend, Node.js (NestJS) backend, PostgreSQL, Redis queue, Cloudflare CDN with Brotli compression, WhatsApp Business API and Twilio for SMS delivery. Deploy on AWS or Cloudflare Pages + Workers with a low-bandwidth mode under 200KB per lesson. Certificates are QR-verifiable. |
| Monetization | B2B2C model: charge NGOs and aid agencies $10,000-$100,000/year for white-labeled cohort licenses (1,000-10,000 learner seats); charge individual learners $5-$20 for premium/certified tracks; sell micro-donor ‘sponsor a learner’ subscriptions at $10/month; offer institutional analytics dashboards as a paid add-on. |
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