"This started because
of my son."
Three years ago my son moved to Canada from Cameroon.
French was his first language. It was how he thought. How he laughed. How he talked to his grandparents back home.
Within two years of arriving — I watched it fade. Not disappear. Just fade.
English took over at school. With friends. In everything. French became the language he understood but stopped reaching for.
I tried to find help. A teacher who spoke our kind of French. Someone who understood our culture.
It was harder and more expensive than it should have been. So I built Akili Academy.
Because if this was happening in my home — it was happening in thousands of homes. Quietly. Without a solution.
We built Akili for two kinds of families.
Both of them matter equally.
"My child is losing
their French."
You moved to give your family a better life. But somewhere along the way, you noticed something changing.
They started replying in English. Calls with grandma got harder. The language that was once natural started feeling like effort.
The English world is powerful. It takes over quietly and quickly. Akili was built to fight that.
"My child needs to
get stronger in French."
Your child goes to school. They learn French. They pass exams. But you want more than passing.
You want them to speak with real confidence. To express a full thought without hesitation. To write clearly and think in French.
Classrooms are crowded and time is short. Akili gives them the focused attention they deserve.
There are other tutoring services.
None of them are built like this.
Most tutoring platforms give you a teacher with a degree and a Zoom link.
That is not enough for African children.
Your child does not need someone who passed a French exam. They need someone who grew up speaking the same French your family speaks.
Someone who knows the references, the expressions, the rhythm, the culture behind the words. That is what cultural proximity means. And it changes everything.
The Shift
When a child from Cameroon sits with a teacher from Cameroon — something shifts.
The language stops feeling like school. It starts feeling like home. That shift is what brings the language back. That shift is Akili.
French is where we start.
Not where we stop.
Right now we teach French. To the child in Canada who is quietly losing it. To the child in Cameroon who wants to lead with it.
Both of them deserve our best. And they get it.
Built for African children. Rooted in African identity.
Mathematics.
Sciences.
Literature.
History.
LONDON • TORONTO • NAIROBI • DAKAR • LAGOS
One day, a child in any city will open Akili and find everything they need—taught by someone who understands exactly where they come from.
Why Akili?
Akili is a Swahili word.
It means intelligence. Knowledge. Wisdom.
Swahili is spoken across the African continent. It belongs to no single country. It belongs to all of us.
Not a tutoring service. Not a language app.
A home.
A place where African children grow in knowledge — while staying connected to who they are.
TORONTO • DOUALA • LONDON • ABIDJAN • SYDNEY • DAKAR
Akili. Because knowledge should stay with you —
wherever you go.
Two children. Two needs.
One home.
Whether your child is losing their French abroad or building it stronger at home — Akili was built for them.
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