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  • About US

Ehizua Incorporated INC2301361 is an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) registered as an incorporated association in New South Wales, Australia under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009.

To ease our work in Nigeria, we are incorporated association in Nigeria as Ehizua Education Foundation a not for-profit and non-political organisation under the Companies and Allied Matters Act CAP C20 LFN 2004.

Ehizua aims to providing funding for educational services and consulting with stakeholders in advancing the development of African Language and Culture education Program in Australia, Creative Technology Program in Nigeria and advancing transnational education in Nigeria.

Ehizua is a social enterprise providing equal access to affordable and quality education as well as fostering innovation and entrepreneurship by bridging Financial and Digital Divides to ensure equal access to information and knowledge. We provide equal access through the establishment of Education and Creative Technology Hub, Education Financing, and creating access to jobs in Australia, Asia, and Africa. We facilitate Universities admissions and Scholarship, online program delivery, and empower participants through our Skills-based training, Job Assist program, Corporate accelerator program and Corporate venture capital (CVC).

Our Works

Advocacy

We are Advocating for

  • The development of African Language and Culture education Program in Australia.
  • The development of Transnational Education in Nigeria.
  • For Creative Technology Program in Schools in Nigeria.
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Funding

We Fund and fundraise for

  • African Language and Culture education Program in Australia.
  • Creative Technology Program Scholarship in Schools.
  • ICT Labs and Hubs in Rural Communities
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Think Thank

We have put together a group of transnational education experts to facilitate a broad consultation on:

  • Developing a sustainable transnational education sector in Nigeria.
  • Education as an exportable service in Nigeria to increase GDP in Nigeria.
  • Legislative framework for the Legislative Bill for the establishment of International Education Commission in Nigeria.
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Our Team

Our advisors, Executive Managements, Operations, and organisational staff are our most asset, as one team, we take collective pride in our reliable service.

Matthias Ehizua

President

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Simba Marekera

Education Financing Adviser

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Martha Hendra

Education Partnership Advisor

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Mark Falvo

International Education Expert

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Thohir Omoloye

Chief Technologist

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Veronica Sado

Secretary

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Emmanuel Ehizua

Treasurer

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Our Alignment with the UN

Stakeholders’ Engagement

  • Facilitating Access to quality and affordable African Language and Culture education Program in Australia.
  • Facilitating Access to Creative Technology Program in Nigeria.
  • Development and implementation of Transnational Education in Nigeria.
  • Promoting the Establishment of International Education Commission in Nigeria.
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Projects

Ehizua Hub is a social enterprise that delivers an Education and Creative Technology Hub in Australia and Nigeria to facilitate Universities admissions and Scholarship, online program delivery, and empower participants through our …

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Edfin is a private, for purpose, technology driven company that provide financial services tailored for international students and education providers. Since July 2017, EdFin has provided flexible and affordable short-term loans to financially excluded domestic and international students in Australia.

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We are an Education Consulting company providing career advisory services, student’s placement, training, business development and marketing activities for Universities and Colleges. We connect students and professionals towards…

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Study in Vietnam is a private, profit for purpose, technology driven marketing company for the Vietnam international education industry. We work with Universities and Organizations in Vietnam to promote and grow Vietnam as a destination for world-class education.

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We are a preferred vendor of Allianz Global Assistance OSHC and OVHC, Medibank OSHC & OVHC and Australian Health Management OSHC.

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International Student Opportunities (ISO) is an organisation that works to support international students throughout the lifecycle of their study experience, from arrival through to graduation to maximise the quality of their education.

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If your priorities and aspiration align with us for partnership, collaboration, or you like to learn more, get involve as an employee, advisor, mentor. Drop us a message.

Address

16 Buckingham Street Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia
6, Hon Fatai Eletu Street, Container Bus Stop, Awoyaya, Lekki. Nigeria

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+61 411 240 300
+234 817 484 9872

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enquiry@ehizua.com

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Matthias Ehizua

Founder/CEO

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Mr. Matthias Ehizua is the President of Ehizua Incorporated and Chief Creative Officer of Ehizua Hub. He is an accomplished Education Agent Counsellor with a proven track record in the industry. He has been recognized as a Top African International Education Agent for some leading Australian Universities, and was a finalist for the 2021 New South Wales Premier’s Export Award in two categories – NSW Development Impact and International Education and Training.

He strongly believes that access to affordable quality education and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship are key to achieving inclusive and equal education that enhances graduates’ outcomes in Africa. This belief underpins the founding values of his ventures.

He has traveled to over 35 countries where he hosted study tours, organized international students’ activities, participated in several international education conference as panel speaker and delegate. His offices (OAA Study) have processed over 2000 student’s visas. He manages over 150 employees in several offices around the world including Australia, Philippines, Nepal, Vietnam, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.  

His 14 years’ experience in the Education Business across Australia, Asia, and Africa, has been focused on Educational Hub, Financing, and Marketing. Mr Ehizua has an outstanding record of delivering 300% on sales targets for 5 consecutive years, resulting in an estimated revenue of $150 million in international students’ recruitment for Australian Universities and Colleges. He has also generated $5 million in sales revenue for Allianz OSHC and Medibank Private

Mr. Ehizua is a highly accomplished expert adviser to Nigeria High Commissioner to Australia on International education. He is a pioneer of a co-funded scholarship program with Abia State Government, and has also offered consultancy services on the establishment of local and international universities’ Memorandum of Understanding (MoU’s), and the creation of International University and Creative Technology Hubs in Nigeria.  

He is dedicated to enhancing international education between Nigeria and Australia and has organized networking forums for education stakeholders from both countries. These events have provided platforms for participants to learn more about the unique offerings of each nation and engage in opportunities that foster relationships. Mr. Ehizua aims to enhance students’ mobility, contribute to human capital development, and boost the GDP of both nations through these initiatives.

He is an experienced innovator and growth hacker in emerging market who loves to work on immediate & long-term growth challenges for non-funded start- up’s. He is also a social investor, entrepreneur, and community influencer. He is strongly commitment to various ventures and activities in Africa and Asia.

Mr Ehizua holds dual citizenship of Nigeria and Australia. He holds a Master of Taxation in Taxation and Financial Planning Specialization from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) from Charles Darwin University. Matthias participated in Disruptive Strategy program with Harvard Business School.

Simba Marekera

Education Financing Adviser

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Simba extensive experience in developing inclusive education financing structures in Australia and Latin America, United States and Europe will contribute to Ehizua mission of bridging the financial divides for equal education in Africa and Asia.

Simba is an experienced and motivated impact investment executive who aims to use his financial expertise, business acumen, leadership skills and global networks to finance businesses that empower underserved and financially excluded communities and individuals.

He is the Head of Investment Solutions at Brightlight Group. Lead Brightlight’s work in designing and managing impact investment portfolios with and on behalf of institutional investors, government entities and non-profit organisations, foundations and family offices that are looking to allocate capital in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals with the goal of transforming lives.

Prior to that, he spent 6 years managing Christian Super’s alternatives, fixed income and Impact Investment portfolios where he helped to commit close $150 million to Impact Investments. He is the co-Founder of Ignition Impact (www.ignitionimpact.com), an Angel Network of Australian professionals that invests in high growth and high social impact African SMEs and EdFin (www.edfin.com.au), a fintech company that provides affordable and responsible education financing for international students in Australia.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Yale University and Masters of Applied Finance from Western Sydney University. He has focused his career on managing portfolios of private markets investments with focus on driving both financial returns and measurable social or environmental impact (i.e. impact investments).

Martha Hendra

Education Partnership Director

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Martha Hendra brings 30 years of teaching, quality assurance and managing program delivery within the international student education sector to Ehizua.

Her passion and commitment to English language education is coupled with being multi-lingual and recently learning Igbo and Yoruba languages.

Martha gained most of professional experience from working with Institute of Languages [UNSW], USQ Sydney Education Centre, JANCO Educational Services, and Bridge Business College.

In her role as an Academic Manager, Martha has had extensive experience in curriculum design and course development within the areas of Business English, English for Specific Purposes and English for Academic Purposes. In addition, she has a wide knowledge of quality assurance procedures and compliance within the tertiary education sector.

Martha supports our mission to facilitate access to quality education globally and manages our education partnership and the challenges associated with online course delivery quality assurance and course design that improve graduate outcomes with access to jobs on graduation. Ensuring QA and Designing courses that meet modern workplace requirements for graduates in terms of technology, oral presentation and writing a report becomes a major success factor for enhanced graduate outcomes. A balance of having well developed language skills, technical know-how and training is also fundamental to future success in any field of employment.

Martha completed MA in TESOL (Linguistics), University of Southern QLD, MA in Arts [Asian Studies], University of NSW,
Certificate in Adult TESOL, Sydney Technical College [TAFE]
Certificate in Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom, Sydney Technical College [TAFE] and BA [Asian Studies] with Honors, Australian National University.

Mark Falvo

International Education Expert

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Most recently as the Senior Vice President – International for a global education provider, and having previously held high-level managerial roles at several international and domestic educational institutions, Mark have extensive experience across all aspects of educational business administration, staff management, strategy, student recruitment and channel management, process development, stakeholder engagement and service delivery.  

A commercially astute professional, he have been involved in all components of education management, student recruitment and pastoral care, with a consistent focus on setting business objectives and the management and execution of exponential growth strategies. Through thorough market research and trend identification to build business cases for new course and services development and the comprehensive planning of implementation and transition strategies for all departments of a multitude of businesses, he was able to build and maintain profitable educational institutions and student acquisition channels.  

Mark qualifications include a Master of Professional Accounting, Bachelor of Laws and Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice as well as industry-based certifications including the DELTA and IELTS examiner trainer and CELTA trainer qualifications.   

Thohir Omoloye

Chief Technology Officer

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Tohir is a seasoned Lead software engineer and enterprise solutions architect. An expert in business process automation and cloud architecture.

As Chief Technology Officer with Ehizua Tohir is leading solutions in bridging the digital divides in online program delivery and graduate outcomes, providing technical leadership and insight to entrepreneurship and innovation, enhancing our offerings and start Up’s venture.

Tohir has over 10 years of experience developing and supporting automated systems for startups across various sectors in the US, Australia, Ireland and Nigeria.

Tohir graduated from Griffith College Dublin where he badged BSc (Honours) in Computing Science with First Class in 2019. An alumni of Harvard Business School Online where he participated in Entrepreneurship Essentials April 2020 cohort