Academia by Serosoft, the globally recognised EdTech brand behind the award winning Student Information System, today announced a strategic partnership with James Hope University (JHU) in Nigeria. Located in the Twin Lakes Estate in Lekki, Lagos, JHU will implement Academia by Serosoft’s unified campus operating system, driving a comprehensive digital transformation to elevate the academic and administrative experience for its prestigious campus community.
The strategic alliance brings Academia by Serosoft’s AI-powered ERP to Lekki, Lagos, highlighting a major leap in digital transformation at Nigeria’s premier, exclusive postgraduate business institution.
Founded by legendary Nigerian banker, innovator, and philanthropist Jim Ovia (CFR, CON), James Hope University is uniquely positioned in the West African higher education space. Operating exclusively as a postgraduate institution, JHU is dedicated entirely to advanced experiential and immersive learning, executive training, and shaping the future business leaders and policy analysts of Africa. As JHU continues to build upon Jim Ovia’s vision of creating a world-class business school, the institution sought digital infrastructure that matches its ambitious global standards.
With Academia at the core of its digital transformation, James Hope University is bypassing fragmented, legacy IT systems in favour of a unified, mobile-first data ecosystem. The platform will digitise the complete postgraduate lifecycle from recruitment and AI-driven document verification to academic delivery, fee management, and graduation, ensuring a frictionless, transparent, and world-class experience for students, faculty, and stakeholders.
“Africa is home to some of the most dynamic educational ecosystems in the world, and James Hope University represents the absolute pinnacle of this evolution in Nigeria,” said Arpit Badjatya, CEO and Founder of Academia by Serosoft. “Our partnership with JHU is built on a shared vision driven by Jim Ovia’s legacy of excellence: that the future of higher education must be borderless, intelligent, and deeply student-centric. We are incredibly proud to bring our AI-driven architecture to James Hope University, empowering them to set a new benchmark for operational excellence and transformative postgraduate education in West Africa.”
Prof. Oluyele Akinkugbe, Vice-Chancellor of James Hope University, said:
“At James Hope University, our mandate is to build visionary leaders, critical thinkers, and standout entrepreneurs equipped for the modern digital economy. To achieve this, our internal operations must be as innovative as our curriculum. Partnering with Academia by Serosoft allows us to streamline our administrative processes, utilise data-driven insights, and most importantly, deliver a seamless, empowering digital experience to our postgraduate scholars from their very first day on campus. And I always say that this partnership with Academia reinforces our digitisation drive and reflects the very essence of who we are and who we aspire to be. James Hope University was founded on the belief that knowledge and skill know no borders, that distance doesn’t dim determination. That our campus is wherever you are, and our most important classroom, or meeting room or collaboration space, lives inside our digital space”.
This partnership further accelerates Academia by Serosoft’s rapidly expanding footprint across the African continent, joining a prestigious roster of institutions that already includes South Africa’s historic Stellenbosch University. Globally, the brand now powers over 400 institutions across 32 countries, managing the daily operations of more than 1 million students. Recently recognised by Statista as one of the “World’s Top EdTech Companies 2026”, Academia by Serosoft continues to prove that scalable, “in-residence” software design is the future of global education.
For more information, visit www.academiaerp.com. http://www.jhu.edu.ng
