DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 23 -- IN a quiet innovation hub in Dar es Salaams Sinza suburb, Ms Nuru Lema, 36, is turning a childhoodlike vision of a technology-driven education system into a growing business with ambitions stretching beyond Tanzania.

As the founder and Chief Executive Officer of YanaCorp, a digital services start-up, Ms Lema leads a team of young software developers working to transform how schools manage information, communicate with parents and handle day-to-day administration.

At the centre of her ambition is ShuleApp, an education technology (EdTech) platform designed to help schools replace cumbersome paper-based systems with faster, more organised digital solutions.

For Ms Lema, digitising education is not simply about i...