Built for schools that want to stay in touch
Alumnis started with a simple question: why does every school lose touch with most of its alumni within five years of matric?
The records never kept up with the relationships
Every school has alumni who would gladly give back: a talk at career day, a bursary, a few hours mentoring a Grade 12. The goodwill is there. What's missing is a reliable way to find those people and reach them.
In most schools, alumni contact lists live in spreadsheets, old email inboxes and social media groups that nobody at the school controls. When a staff member leaves, the list often leaves with them.
Alumnis fixes that. It gives the school a register it owns, and gives alumni a reason to keep their details current. We built it in Johannesburg, for South African schools, with POPIA in mind from the first line of code.
To keep every matric class connected to the school that shaped them.
We measure success by the reunions that happen, the mentors matched with learners and the alumni who come back to help.
How we work with schools
Partners, not vendors
We work alongside your staff and old pupils' association. Your school's traditions and identity come first, and our software fits around them.
Relationships before fundraising
Alumni who feel connected choose to give back. We help you build that connection first and never push asks before people are ready.
Privacy by design
Consent is recorded for every alum. Each person controls what they share, and the school can show exactly who agreed to what, and when.
Simple enough for busy staff
School staff are stretched. Alumnis needs no training course, and we handle the data import and setup ourselves.
Who's behind Alumnis
Richard Shearer
Co-Founder and lead developer
A Johannesburg-based developer with 25 years of experience building web and mobile systems for South African organisations. Richard brings that experience to a problem every school shares.
“I’ve spent 25 years building systems for South African organisations and I keep seeing the same thing. The people are willing, but the records fall apart. Schools feel this more than anyone. They shape a learner for five years, then lose track of them shortly after they leave. I built Alumnis so that every matric class keeps a way back to the school that shaped them.”
Made in South Africa, for South African schools
Speaks your language
Matric years, houses, learners and old pupils' associations. Alumnis is built around how SA schools actually work.
POPIA from day one
Consent capture, access controls and the right to be forgotten are part of the solution, not an add-on.
Local support
Talk to people in your time zone who understand school terms, budgets and governing body cycles.
Let's talk about your school's alumni
Tell us what you're working with today. We'll show you what Alumnis would look like for your school.