About us

Background
Milani comes from the isiZulu word, meaning ‘to grow’.
Milani Education is a learning tool which utilises learning material from the best schools in the country, refines them and filters them into the correct sections and gives students anywhere in South Africa access to this amazing quality of education.
Mission
Our mission is to nourish the hungry minds because an educated mind always has a voice.
Vision
Our vision is to provide children in South Africa, irrespective of their financial circumstances, access to a high standard of education.
Milani provides a safe place where students can learn at their own pace as well as prepare for a future of technology. The platform is created for students by a student, with the vision of inspiring hope of a brighter future for the youth of today.
Meet our
Founder Alex
Milani Education was founded by Alexandra Lutz, a Grade 9 pupil at the time, during the COVID-19 hard lock-down of 2020. This was a time when the inequality of South Africa’s educational system was highlighted and further worsened as schools temporarily closed.
Only a small minority of students had access to digital learning resources where the vast majority of students had no access to online learning at all. This resulted in several months and now years of irreplaceable learning time being lost. Milani was founded as a simple idea to share existing learning content with a few students in need, and has now grown into an online platform providing a library of resources to thousands of students at the click of a button.

Teacher
Attraction

Teacher Sharing
Share existing resources to help children in need and equip them for a digital future

Make a difference
Make a valuable contribution to a child's life and brighten their future

Meaningful feedback
Receive rating from students as well as verification and recognition for great content quality
School
Attraction

Social Responsibility
Revolutionize outreach at your school by donating learning resources to Milani

Big Impact
Share a portion of your resources to make a big impact on a child's life

Milani Contribution
Receive recognition as a Milani contributor and be a part of reducing the inequalities of the educational system
meet our partnering schoolS

meet our partnering schoolS
ST JOHN’S D.S.G
ST JOHN’S D.S.G. is an independent, medium-sized Anglican school situated in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. From Grade RR to Grade 12, it offers a liberal education on the foundation of a strong Christian ethos.
It provides a caring and value-based educational environment for boarders and day scholars.

meet our partnering schoolS
MARITZBURG COLLEGE
Maritzburg College is a semi-private English-medium high school for boys situated in the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1863 and it’s the oldest boys’ high school in KwaZulu-Natal – and one of the oldest schools in South Africa.

meet our partnering schoolS
THOMAS MORE COLLEGE
Thomas More College opened in 1962 as an all-boys school with only 55 pupils. Now it’s KZN’s largest independent co-ed school with a 20-hectare campus in the scenic Kloof Conservancy suburb. Despite offering small, intimate classes, with such a large campus the college caters to students from Grade 0000 (age 4) to Grade 12.
People that made Milani
education possible
People that made Milani education possible

Alexandra Lutz
Founder

Lloyd Meaker
Seed Funder

Simon Moore
St John’s D.S.G Principal

Sbu Myeni
Imbeleko Foundation

Peter Cottrell
Director

Nicky Baker
Director

Judith Lutz
Director