Unoya & RECQA
Unoya started as a pet project in 2020.
Malaysia's Ministry of Education needed a platform for teachers to share online learning resources securely across the national school network. We built it.
That pet project became RECQA - a knowledge-sharing platform that now serves as a national digital learning gateway for 5.5 million users.
One platform. Single sign-on. Unified access to every digital resource the ministry had - for any student or teacher with an internet connection.
No grand plan. Just one thing leading to another because each step revealed a need we couldn't ignore.
2020
Pet Project
A simple tool for teachers to share learning links.
Deployed
National Platform
5.5 million users across Malaysia's school network.
Incorporated
Startup
Unoya - co-founded to scale the platform.
Today
Vehicle for Impact
Closing the digital divide, one community at a time.
That's the journey of Unoya and RECQA.
But the platform revealed something bigger than education technology.
It revealed who gets left behind.
When UNICEF asked us to replicate RECQA for juveniles in detention - students in prison who were completely invisible during the lockdown - we said yes.
We built a secured replica. Locked down the devices. Deployed the content.
We learned that the barriers aren't technology. They're access, devices, connectivity, and digital literacy among staff.
The technology works. The content works. The problem was never capability.
It was always access.
So we built Tech Connected.
Personally funded. From our own pockets and from MatrixC business revenue.
Refurbished devices. Extended platform access. Delivered to refugee teachers and alternative learning centers across Malaysia.
Not a press release. Not a logo on a banner. Not a CSR photo opportunity.
Real devices. Real access. Real measurement of usage and outcomes.
Because impact isn't a photo opportunity. It's infrastructure.
We've proven something that matters:
When you give marginalized communities the same digital access that privileged communities take for granted - they don't just participate. They accelerate.
The people with the least are the most eager to learn. The most willing to share with each other. The most hungry to grow.
They don't need charity. They need the door opened.
The digital divide was never about intelligence or capability. It was always and only about access.
What We've Built
- National-scale digital learning platform - proven at 5.5 million users
- Deployed within one week for Malaysia’s Ministry of Education
- Platform infrastructure that survived the haze crisis (2019) and COVID lockdown (2020)
- UNICEF partnership for juvenile detention deployment
- Tech Connected initiative - devices and access for refugee teachers and alternative learning centers
- Real usage monitoring and impact measurement
What We're Building Next
RECQA is proven at national scale. The model is replicable.
Any country with a government or institutional partner can deploy the same platform.
We're looking for global partners - governments, investors, NGOs, and corporates - who understand that:
Impact requires infrastructure, not just intention
Access is the single most enabling thing you can provide to marginalized communities
Measurement matters - if you can't prove it worked, it didn't count
The platform exists. The proof exists. The capability exists.
What's missing is reach.
Unoya is co-founded by me and my best friend.
We're in our 50s. We fund this from our own pockets.
Not because we have to. Because we believe in it that deeply.
At this stage of life, the question isn't “how do we scale?” It's “what difference can we make with the years we have left?”
For us the answer is simple. Close the digital divide. One device. One platform. One community at a time.
And measure everything - because impact without measurement is just a good intention.
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If you share this conviction and want to explore how RECQA can scale to your country or community - let's talk.
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