It started with a frustrating bill.
Shopnil Academy was founded in Dhaka after our founder tried to enroll a younger sibling in a $400 online programming course — and realized that for most families in Bangladesh, that's a month's rent.
Quality education shouldn't depend on your zip code or your parents' bank account. So we built something different: a platform where every course is genuinely, permanently free — funded entirely by tasteful sponsorships and ads — taught by working practitioners who care.
Today, more than 10,000 students from 40+ countries learn with us every month. Not a single one has paid a rupee, taka, or dollar.
Every one of them free, every one of them taught by working practitioners.
"I never thought I'd be able to learn guitar. Now I play at family gatherings."