This archive report was first published on 17 September 2021.
Published on September 17, 2021, the MTN Business App of the Year Awards recognized Ambani Africa's innovative approach to solving the literacy gap in South Africa.
Ambani Africa, a Johannesburg-based edtech, won multiple awards at the 2021 MTN Business App of the Year Awards, including Best Gaming Solution, Best Educational, and Best South African solution.
The company received R1 million in prize money for winning the Best App of the Year award.
Wanda Matandela, Chief Business Enterprise Officer of MTN Business, congratulated Ambani Africa on their win, saying, “Congratulations to Ambani Africa.”
Matandela added, “The combination of their innovative approach and the prize money should put them on the fast track to growth in their mission to solve the literacy gap faced by our country and encourage parents and kids to embrace their indigenous languages.”
Ambani Africa is an educational learning portal for children who speak South Africa’s indigenous languages, available as a mobile app. The app includes learning games, series, and songs for children aged two to eight.
Children can learn various languages, including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Setswana, English, Sepedi, Tshivenda, and more. The company also offers online tutoring and conversational classes for children aged six and up.
Ambani Africa provides a range of books that children can view using Augmented Reality through the app.
Founder Mukundi Lambani was declared the winner of the I’M IN accelerator’s third cohort in July.
