{"id":9813,"date":"2018-02-26T15:14:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T12:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/enezaeducation.com\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2018-02-26T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T12:14:50","slug":"eneza-education-safaricom-awarded-education-award-gsma-2018-global-mobile-awards-mwc18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/2018\/02\/26\/eneza-education-safaricom-awarded-education-award-gsma-2018-global-mobile-awards-mwc18\/","title":{"rendered":"Eneza Education and Safaricom awarded the Education Award at GSMA 2018 Global Mobile Awards. #MWC18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9814\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enezaeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/GLOMO-Award.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9814\" class=\" wp-image-9814\" src=\"https:\/\/enezaeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/GLOMO-Award-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/GLOMO-Award-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/GLOMO-Award-100x133.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best Mobile Innovation for Education, 2018 GLOMO Award Trophy<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 26, 2018. Nairobi, Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enezaeducation.com\/products\/shupavu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shupavu291<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Eneza Education &amp; Safaricom\u2019s mobile learning product was announced a winner of \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/conference-programmes\/global-mobile-awards-2018\/winners-2018\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018 Global Mobile Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (GLOMO) on February 26, 2018, as the \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/winners-2018\/best-mobile-innovation-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Mobile Innovation for Education. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eneza was among 33 winners, mostly composed of industry leaders like Huawei, Samsung, Apple and Netflix. Shupavu291 is one of 3 winners from Africa. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The panel of judges, chaired by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaun Collins, CEO of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccsinsight.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CCS Insight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were impressed with Eneza\u2019s remarkable access and broad reach. They added \u201cThis affordable service is proving that effective mobile services can have a hugely positive impact on education levels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by hosts TV presenters Suzi Perry and Ortis Deley, the GLOMOs showcase those companies and individuals that are driving innovation in the rapidly evolving mobile industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael O\u2019Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA congratulated all the winners and nominees of the 2018 GLOMO Awards. \u201cThe GLOMOs recognise the best of the best in mobile, highlighting the technologies, products, companies and individuals that are pushing the boundaries of ingenuity and innovation and creating a better future for all of us. We thank all of our entrants, judges, sponsors and partners for supporting the 2018 GLOMOs,\u201dhe said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receiving the award, Eneza\u2019s Chief Business Development Officer, Millicent Mwendwa said \u201cWe are excited to receive this award. This means that the amazing work we do in the communities we serve is gaining global recognition.\u201d She thanked the team at Eneza, the parents who continuously allow their children to access \u00a0their phones in order to consume our content, and our partners, especially Safaricom for walking with us along the way. Eneza has replicated the Shupavu291 SMS\/USSD model in other African markets like Ghana, with other telco partners and are soon launching into Francophone Africa via Ivory Coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shupavu291, is Safaricom and Eneza\u2019s virtual classroom available on any mobile phone. Through USSD\/SMS, the most basic of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dumb-phones<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can provide interactive chat-based lessons and assessments for primary and secondary school youth in Kenya, sessions with local tutors, gaming and competitions on a national level and even access to internet resources like Wikipedia without an internet connection. It is accessed through the shortcode *291# on any Safaricom line. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;- ENDS &#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 26, 2018. Nairobi, Kenya. Shupavu291, Eneza Education &amp; Safaricom\u2019s mobile learning product was announced a winner of \u00a02018 Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO) on February 26, 2018, as the \u00a0Best &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/2018\/02\/26\/eneza-education-safaricom-awarded-education-award-gsma-2018-global-mobile-awards-mwc18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57,58,98,204,370,474,495],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Trophies_MWC.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enezaeducation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}