ZETU Africa improves access to education in Africa with a backpack that transforms into a school chair.

Arnold Leon Mugagga, founder and CEO of ZETU Africa, was born and raised in Uganda.

Convinced that the lack of classroom furniture is a hindrance to children's education, and with a background in architecture and sustainable design, Arnold designed this original product: the SeatPack.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of school children lacking classroom furniture is estimated at over 95 million.

Zetu Africa's goal is to generate profits by designing and producing locally, and selling consumer products sustainably in the global market while dedicating a portion of its profits to the manufacture of a SeatPack.

"Buy one, give one": every sale of a product from the range helps fund a SeatPack for a school child.

SeatPack is also sold to education impact organisations that want to improve the quality of primary and secondary education.

Each Zetu Africa bag has a QR code that allows customers to remotely track the SeatPack classes that their purchase has funded over the years.

Zetu is requesting a loan of €48,000, of which €34,000 is for investments in machinery, computer equipment, cars and vans and €14,000 is for working capital (only for the bulk purchase of raw materials).

The loan is repayable over a period of 24 months, with a grace period of 12 months to launch the growth strategy.

According to the OVO coaches, the financial plan pays off after one year.

Zetu has agreed to pledge current assets as collateral for working capital representing a book value of €6,000 and further guarantees are given for investments to the value of €34,000.