Yyeni, an artificial intelligence chatbot that aims to redefine the education landscape, onboarded its first paying users two weeks ago by making its application available on PlayStore, AppStore, and www.yyenichat.com.
Founded by two young individuals, Vitalis Haupindi, the current chief technology officer and chief executive and former cybersecurity student at the University of Science and Technology (Nust), and Lotto Nanghonda, the chief of sales and former chartered accountant student at the University of Namibia (Unam), the chatbot aims to bridge the educational gap Namibia is currently experiencing.
YYeni provides students and pupils with personalised instructions and support tailored to their needs and learning styles.
Haupindi says their platform allows pupils and students to critically think and find answers independently before providing feedback.
“It also provides teachers with invaluable feedback on pupils, thus allowing them to analyse their interactions and curate reports based on them.
“With this detailed feedback, we can create conventional classrooms that allow them to address the individual needs of students and pupils,” Haupindi says.
Additionally, it also allows educators and parents to customise learning materials based on the observations and feedback provided, thus ensuring that the chatbot responds within the context they’ve defined.
The pair says YYeni aims to address the lack of personalised education, which has been proven to dramatically enhance learning outcomes as per the 2-Sigma problem, which asserts that learners can outperform 98% of students in traditional settings when they receive one-on-one tutoring.
Through YYeni, pupils can access personalised learning, assistance that is available 24/7, and language versatility, while teachers are presented with a platform where they can customise learning materials, receive detailed feedback, engage in continuous professional development, and reduce their workload.
Nanghonda says the chatbot has vouchers ranging from N$250 and N$350 that are available for teachers and students.
These vouchers provide messages, which is YYeni’s currency, that can be shared among the applications community infinitely.
“N$250 voucher comes with 1 200 messages, while N$350 offers 2 500 messages, and our users get a maximum of 25 free messages daily covering all subjects taught within our school curriculum in English and Afrikaans.
“We are still working on including other vernacular languages,” he says.
He says family accounts give users access as long as messages are available.
“Our era is marked by the transformative potential of AI, and we’re thrilled to be at its forefront, shaping the future of education in Namibia to ensure that every pupil, irrespective of their background, has access to top-tier personalised education,” he says.
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