Executive Summary

Sfaret Technologies is a growing tech startup dedicated to developing intelligent, accessible, and impactful solutions that transform learning, research, and academic productivity. Our flagship innovation, Azma AI, is an AI-powered academic and research assistant built to help students, educators, and researchers generate verified, well-structured, and properly formatted academic work efficiently and affordably. Across Africa and other emerging markets, millions of students face challenges in producing credible research due to limited access to reliable tools, high subscription costs for foreign platforms, and time-consuming manual processes such as formatting and referencing. Many depend on generic AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini, which often generate unverified content, fake citations, and inconsistent formatting creating academic risks and reducing productivity. This problem has created a significant gap for an affordable, context-aware, and locally developed solution designed specifically for the academic sector. Azma AI addresses these challenges by combining generative artificial intelligence, verified reference integration, and automated academic formatting into a single platform. Users can input a research topic, select citation styles, and receive a structured, plagiarism-free, and ready-to-submit document complete with DOI-verified references. SFARET Technologies is seeking a Seed Investment of $100,000 USD Dike Paul L. Founder/Chief Executive Officer Effiong Philip Advisor & Internal Analysis Nnaji Daniel Backend Developer / Engineer Faith Ndenu Full-Stack Developer / Yet to make revenue The global EdTech market is experiencing rapid transformation, projected to exceed $545 billion by 2025 with an annual growth rate of over 16% CAGR. In Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa, digital education adoption is growing even faster, with an estimated 17% CAGR through 2028 due to the increasing integration of technology in learning, rising youth population, and growing internet access. Within this market, the AI-driven academic productivity and research assistance segment presents a significant untapped opportunity. Over 85% of students in higher education institutions already rely on generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Scite AI for academic support. However, these platforms are foreign-based, expensive, and often lack localized academic context and credible citation systems. We addresses this gap with AZMA AI, a locally adaptive AI research assistant that offers verified, citation-rich academic output, improving credibility and reducing the cost barrier for students and researchers. By focusing on affordability, accuracy, and contextual relevance, SFARET is positioned to capture at least 2% of Nigeria’s fast-growing EdTech AI market, creating a sustainable and scalable growth pathway.