Dublin headquartered edtech company Olive Group has struck a deal worth up to €200,000 with ABE Global which will enable it to reach a bigger, global audience with its courses.

Olive Group has spent the past year working with non-profit exam board ABE Global, which is regulated in the UK. The deal, announced today (5 May) will see it provide more than 20,000 students with access to 26 accredited professional development courses worldwide. Most of the students will be based in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

Students will access the courses via Olive Group’s Mykademy online platform. The Mykademy platform will also support ABE centres across the world by providing its students with a learning environment which supports the teaching of ABE’s business qualifications. ABE Global has been running professional business qualifications internationally since 1973.

ABE members around the world will be able to access the Olive Mykademy platform through ABE Edge, the company’s online platform.

The agreement initially came to fruition during the pandemic, according to Olive Group CEO, Brendan Kavanagh. “We have worked with ABE for the last twelve months and are delighted to sign a deal with them that will see thousands of students improve their skills and knowledge base.”

“At Olive, we’re committed to ensuring better access to education globally and our online training platforms allow this to happen. This partnership with ABE further demonstrates our global reach which to date has seen more than 3m learners benefit from our online education platforms.”

Kavanagh added that Olive Group was looking forward to expanding its customer base even further throughout the year.

Founded in 2006, the company employs 600 people across 12 countries including Ireland. It provides digital learning courses in 27 different languages, using its own suite of e-learning platforms, as well as VR and AI tools.

Speaking about her organisation’s new partnership, Vicky Mose, director of products and services at ABE Global, said the group wanted to equip its members with “the skills, self-belief and adaptability to thrive in a volatile world.”

Moses said that the provision of easy, affordable access to certified Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses was a huge part of its aim as a non-profit.

Last September, Olive Group collaborated with sports pundit and psychotherapist Richie Sadlier and NUI Galway researcher Elaine Byrnes to bring sex education for youngsters online.

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