The new Snapplify Foundation is the winner of a 2020 Bett MEA award for its work in expanding ed-tech services’ availability in Africa.
South Africa’s Snapplify Opens ‘Teacher Benefits’ Program
The ed-tech company has partnered with the Answer Series to offer teachers free study guides as part of its new support platform.
South Africa’s Snapplify Announces US$2 Million in New Capital
Digital education content platform Snapplify plans to use this new round of funding to ‘expand more aggressively into new markets’
Industry Notes: Podcasts at London Book Fair; Pew Research on Smartphones
A newly added podcast series at London Book Fair will be on the Fireside Chat Stage. And smartphones used to access those podcasts are proliferating unevenly in the world, says Pew Research.
South Africa’s Snapplify and Econet Wireless Announce Partnership for Digital Reading in Africa
With more than 240,000 titles, the South African ed-tech company Snapplify is working with communications provider Econet to make ebooks available to more African readers.
Pre-Frankfurt Update: Germany’s ‘oolipo’ App Readies Tools for Storytellers
‘The creative team had to learn to speak tech,’ but Germany’s oolipo now is close to releasing its tools for user-generated content development.
Canadian Retail: Rakuten Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology
Rakuten Kobo will use Shelfie’s tech to identify reader preferences for recommendations and to offer ebook editions of print books owned by users.
Germany’s Latest ‘KIM-Studie’: Children’s Media Usage Is Mobile and Busy
The 2016 KIM-Studie shows German children aged 6 to 13 utilizing media mostly in mobile channels, with gaming figuring prominently, reading less so.
Germany’s Bastei Lübbe Launches the ‘oolipo’ Mobile Platform
Mobile storytelling platform oolipo has released its iOS mobile app along with 12 original, multimedia series. ‘Creative storytellers’ and Android to follow.
Top 10 Trends in Reading and Book Apps for Children
Spain’s Elisa Yuste talks us through leading concepts and directions in apps for kids and young adults in the coming year, including more apps for ‘Android kids.’