Yahia Bouhlel

Yahia Bouhlel began building technology products at the age of 13 and was recruited at 16 by the Silicon Valley startup Make School. He later joined YC-backed UPGRADED as a Product Manager Intern and attended Y Combinator’s How to Start a Startup course at Stanford University—experiences that deeply shaped his product-led mindset.

At 20, Bouhlel returned to Tunisia and co-founded GOMYCODE with his brother, Amine, with the mission of making digital education accessible to everyone—regardless of where they are born or what they can afford. In 2019, he won the MIT BloomMasters competition, which provided the company’s first seed funding.

Today, GOMYCODE operates in more than 40 cities across Africa, has trained over 50,000 students, and raised more than $10 million from investors including AfricInvest, Proparco, Wamda, Launch Africa, and Synergie. In 2025, the company was recognized as Africa’s fastest-growing EdTech company.

GOMYCODE has also launched the GOMYCODE School of Technology, offering accredited degrees recognized for global mobility and immigration pathways, as well as GOMYCODE Online, a live, teacher-led digital learning platform. The company’s latest initiative, GoMyTeacher, is an AI-powered tutor developed in collaboration with InstaDeep. It delivers real-time grading, feedback, and adaptive learning—bringing personalized education to millions.

Bouhlel believes that the future of learning must be flexible, human, and powered by technology—so the next 200 million young people across Africa and the Middle East can unlock their potential.