Meet Sunny Cui, an aspiring so called “philanthropy tech-founder” looking to reinvent tutoring in Nigeria.

The 20-year-old Toronto-based, Dartmouth-educated founder of Teach the Need only started his virtual tutoring program 4 years ago, but has already passed 50,000 registered students.

After just 4 years, Teach the Need, the tutoring program that started in the basement of Sunny and his friend’s local library has gained an international presence. The organization now boasts more than 50,000 students, a 300K+ social media following, 2 physical locations, an IOS/Android app, and more than 1 million tutoring hours provided. We sit down with Sunny Cui to interview him

Read on to learn about his story, the lessons he’s learned, and how Teach the Need is using technology to expand it’s reach.