Learn Swahili Online with Native Teachers
Live one-on-one Swahili lessons with certified native speakers in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. For heritage learners, travelers, professionals, and students — aligned with Kenya's CBC framework.
Swahili is spoken by more than 200 million people across East and Central Africa — and it is one of the fastest-growing languages of business, culture, and diaspora identity in the world. Whether you are reconnecting your children with their heritage, preparing for travel or work in East Africa, or studying under Kenya's Competency-Based Curriculum, our native-speaker teachers meet you exactly where you are.
Inside the Curriculum
Time Expressions & Daily Activities
Tell time, describe routines, and narrate your day with natural, everyday Swahili.
Introduction to Adjectives
Describe people, places, and things with correct noun-class agreement — the heart of Swahili grammar.
Asking For & Giving Directions
Navigate cities, markets, and conversations with confidence — practical Swahili for the real world.
Word Formation
Unlock the logic of Swahili: build vocabulary systematically through prefixes, suffixes, and roots.
Time Phrases & Scheduling
Make plans, set appointments, and coordinate across timezones — in fluent, polite Swahili.
Proverbs & Culture
Haraka haraka haina baraka. Learn the proverbs, poetry, and cultural wisdom woven into the language.
For families in Kenya and the diaspora: our Swahili instruction aligns with the Kenya Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), so lessons reinforce — not conflict with — what students learn in school.
Teaching across four continents, right now
Our certified educators teach across major time zones