Business and platform architecture

See the whole journey.

A team-ready view of the business, the platform and every hand-off from first enquiry to verified enrolment.

Student programme shortlist screen in the interactive prototype Open full prototype
Prepared by Adewale Daniel, Cloud Solution Architect Research refreshed 14 August 2026 Planning concept, not legal or investment advice

The business in one view

A managed service, strengthened by software.

People remain accountable for guidance and quality. Technology coordinates evidence, decisions, deadlines and hand-offs.

Managed marketplace and workflow

Students receive human support while repeatable work moves through a governed case workflow.

Eligibility before expenditure

Material restrictions, cost and missing evidence appear before a student commits money.

One authoritative case record

Students, staff and partners work from the same versioned facts, tasks and decisions.

North star

Verified suitable enrolments with consent, lawful permission, cost fit and evidenced commencement.

Why this opportunity exists

The market is large. The journey is fragmented.

Search, selection, applications, funding, immigration support and enrolment are often split across people, portals and spreadsheets.

UNESCO mobility context
7.3mstudents studying abroad globally
21,847Nigerian students in the U.S. in 2024/25
13governed stages in one student case
1shared record across every authorised role

The end-to-end service

Thirteen stages. One governed case.

Each stage has an owner, required evidence and a decision before the next stage unlocks.

Walk through every screen
01

Enquiry and consent

Confirm the service scope, lawful data use and the basic route facts.

02

Policy and feasibility

Classify the route as open, conditional, restricted or manual review.

03

Verified profile

Link student-approved facts to source evidence and unresolved gaps.

04

Programme shortlist

Compare eligibility, academic fit, real cost and commercial disclosure.

05

Application plan

Create programme-specific tasks, documents, owners and deadlines.

06

QA and student approval

Review the exact package independently before the student approves it.

07

Submit and follow up

Record confirmation, requests, corrections and evidence-backed status.

08

Offer and conditions

Verify the original decision, every condition, owner and deadline.

09

Affordability decision

Show full cost, funding gaps and assumptions before commitment.

10

Immigration process

Use current official guidance and authorised professional referrals.

11

Payment and pre-departure

Protect payment routing, fee visibility, travel and arrival planning.

12

Arrival and enrolment

Confirm safe arrival, registration and evidenced commencement.

13

Retention and alumni

Capture support, quality signals and consented alumni participation.

Two sides of one case

Students get clarity. Staff get control.

The same evidence and case state appear differently for each authorised role.

Student experience

One prioritised next action, visible reasons, real cost, consent controls and ownership of every submission.

Open the student journey
Student programme shortlist experience

Staff and admin experience

Queues ordered by risk, deadlines and evidence, with independent QA and controlled permissions.

Open the staff journey
Staff quality assurance and student approval experience

The operating architecture

The platform coordinates. People remain accountable.

Institutions decide admission, governments decide visas and students decide what is submitted in their name.

StudentFacts, consent and final approval
Sponsor or guardianFunding and scoped consent
Compliance and privacyRights, controls and audit
Shared student casefacts, evidence, decisions, tasks and audit
Counsellor and QAGuidance and independent review
Institution and governmentAdmission and permission decisions
Service partnersPayments, tests and credentials

The platform and cloud

Serverless by default. Human-accountable by design.

Start with one region and low fixed cost, then add infrastructure only when scale, recovery or contracts require it.

UsersStudents, staff, partners
CloudflareDomain, DNSSEC, Turnstile
AWS edgeCloudFront and WAF
Web and APIS3 and API Gateway
ComputeLambda and event work
DataAurora, S3 and audit

Controlled delivery

GitHub Actions uses temporary AWS roles. Production and non-production remain separate.

Security is a launch gate

Least privilege, encrypted documents, malware scans, retention and incident readiness come first.

Pilot target$100-$250per monthControlled launch$300-$600per month

Roadmap and economics

Validate the service before funding the full platform.

The recommended build remains a planning envelope. A concierge pilot should prove demand, quality and operating capacity first.

Review the detailed briefing
Demo only$25k-$60kNot for real student cases
Lean MVP$150k-$240kEssential student and staff production flow
Day 30

Founder agreement, two destination memos, privacy and compliance counsel engaged.

Day 60

Thirty demand interviews, ten partner interviews and a concierge service blueprint.

Day 90

Ten pilot commitments, supply pathways and a clear go, pause or stop decision.

Bring the team into the journey

Discuss the business. Then test the experience.

Use the briefing for alignment and the prototype for a live student and staff walkthrough.