About eduKURa

The journey started in September 2008 after reading an article in the newspaper. The article was about the overwhelming number of infants abandoned because of the African AIDS pandemic. It was Heart-wrenching, I broke down.

At the same time, the Global Financial Crisis visited Australia and placed pressure on our AID commitment to the developing world. 

In light of what was happening in Africa, I established cycle4africa and enlisted the support of the business community. cycle4africa became a vehicle for raising funds and awareness about the baby crisis in Africa.

Every dollar the project raised funded infrastructure for the Kazembe Baby Orphanage (now known as Terranova Children's Home).

In partnership with the Australian community, cycle4africa delivered financial support and hope.

All we really delivered was a bandaid. The fact remains: “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime".

I know that more than most people because my early years at school were troubled by reading and writing difficulties. This continued to impact my early working life with so many missed opportunities. But the story doesn't end there.

I left school illiterate. It was not until I met Bret Butler in Western Australia that things took a new direction.

Bret, a qualified teacher, sensed my struggles and offered to help me. He devoted the mornings to tutoring me. I humbly responded and attempted to address my shortfalls under the hot Kimberley sun. My literacy improved, and so did my confidence levels, paving the way for higher education. I finally graduated from pushing a mop to doing social work for a living. 

In 2016, I found myself reflecting back on cycle4africa. Those images of abandoned babies never left me. Up to that point, several things had taken place. I married a primary school teacher who had a passion for children, and I moved beyond my own literacy challenges.

Forever remembering, "If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." And so, Edukura came into being. 

Although Edukura has been described as the Uber of education, we are much more. Our values, goals, and purpose set us apart and place people at the center of what we do

David Briffa (Founder & CEO)

To facilitate the best match between teachers and students with access to the right supports and resources which in turn delivers the best outcomes and empower all users

Josephine Pisani Briffa (Passionate Teacher)

• Provide personalised online or in-person educational support to struggling school-aged students, isolated and remote communities.
• Support for students with learning disabilities.
• Reduce the cost of quality education.
• Provide an online alternative to mainstream school classrooms.
• Provide disenfranchised teachers in the classroom with an online alternative and gain autonomy, creativity, and individualised teaching.
• Equip students with reflective and critical thinking skills for a technology-charged world.
• We provide peer support and social learning opportunities.

• Provide access to world standard education to vulnerable children anywhere in real-time.
• Raise education and teaching standards and close the gap between the wealthy and developing economies.
• Equip the developing world with critical thinking skills for a technology-charged world.  
• Reduce the cost of excellent education and promote equality of opportunity. 
• Address the shortage of teachers through the provision of innovative technology. We hope they, in turn, become vehicles for empowerment and hope in their own communities and nations.