Snapplify
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{{Infobox company
| name = Snapplify
| logo = Snapplify logo.png
| foundation = 2011
| location_city = Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi
| industry = Edtech
| services = Software, e-learning, digital education content, related educational services, devices
| website = [http://www.snapplify.com/ www.snapplify.com]
}}
Snapplify is an edtech company, specialising in digital education content, related educational services, and devices.{{Cite web|url=https://innovation-village.com/snapplify-wins-2-reimagine-education-awards-global-edtech-startups-awards-semi-finals/|title=Snapplify Wins 2 Reimagine Education Awards & Global Edtech Startups Awards Semi-finals|website=innovation-village.com|access-date=2019-04-01}} Snapplify is an ebook aggregator and distributor, with an ebook offering of more than 1,800 000 titles from more than 500 publishers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.techzim.co.zw/2018/09/econet-partners-south-africas-snapplify-to-zero-rate-e-book-downloads/|title=Econet Partners South Africa's Snapplify To Zero Rate E-Book Downloads|date=2018-09-18|website=Techzim|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-01}} Snapplify has worked with many education institutions across Africa and globally, offering them digital education tools.{{Cite web|url=http://adessa.org.za/snapplify-launches-free-version-of-e-learning-platform-engage/|title=Snapplify launches free version of e-learning platform: Engage {{!}} Adessa|language=en-ZA|access-date=2019-04-01}}
Snapplify was founded by Wesley Lynch in 2011 in South Africa. The business has expanded into Africa, Europe and the United States, with offices across South Africa, as well as in Nairobi, Amsterdam and New Jersey.
History
Snapplify was launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2011, as a subsidiary of Realm Digital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-23-snapplify-content-start-up-goes-global-in-a-snap/|title=Snapplify – content start-up goes global in a snap|first=Mandy De|last=Waal|date=May 23, 2012|website=Daily Maverick}} The company secured a number of global partnerships, working with brands such as Random House, Popular Mechanics, Rolling Stone, Ramsay Media, and First National Bank (FNB).{{Cite web|url=https://ventureburn.com/2013/06/big-publishing-dreams-for-snapplify-with-spi-global-partnership/|title=Big publishing dreams for Snapplify with SPi Global partnership|date=June 6, 2013}}
In 2015, South African venture capital firm AngelHub, backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and RMB co-founder Paul Harris’ family, announced that it had invested in Snapplify.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fin24.com/Tech/Companies/Michael-Jordaan-injects-investment-in-e-book-start-up-20150216|title=Michael Jordaan injects investment in e-book start-up|date=2015-02-16|website=Fin24|access-date=2019-04-01}} In 2016, Snapplify raised expansion capital from existing funder AngelHub Ventures, as well as new backers from South Africa and the UK to enable the company's continued growth into new markets in Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itweb.co.za/content/zKWEBb7yLWPvmRjO|title=Michael Jordaan-backed Snapplify raises capital|last=Moyo|first=Admire|date=2016-11-21|website=ITWeb|language=en-ZA|access-date=2019-04-01}}
In 2019, Snapplify secured $2 million expansion capital from venture capital firm Knife Capital, and empowered African investment manager Hlayisani Capital's Hlayisani Growth Fund.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itweb.co.za/content/DZQ58vVJ3bOvzXy2|title=Michael Jordaan-backed Snapplify rises R29m expansion capital|date=2019-09-25|website=ITWeb|language=en-ZA|access-date=2019-09-25}} In early 2019, Snapplify released basic Engage – a free version of their Engage e-learning platform. In 2020, Snapplify acquired Onnie Media, an educator media hub for SA teachers, and the hub's online marketplace for teachers in South Africa, Teacha! {{Cite web|date=2020-03-05|title=SA's Snapplify acquires Onnie Media for undisclosed amount|url=https://ventureburn.com/2020/03/sa-edtech-snapplify-acquires-onnie-media/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Ventureburn|language=en-ZA}}
Recognition
Snapplify's Africa e-library program, which promotes mother-tongue literacy, has been endorsed by UNESCO.[https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/snapplifys-africa-e-library-project-wins-unesco-king-sejong-literacy-prize-2023]
Community Initiatives
The Snapplify Foundation established to increase access to digital education, has partnered with organisations like iSchoolAfrica and mountaineer Saray Khumalo to set up digital libraries in disadvantaged schools across South Africa's nine provinces.
Publishing Partners
Snapplify currently works with all major international publishers including Pearson, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, Cengage, Sage, OUP, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier as well as offering titles from all the major African publishers ie Lexis Nexis, Juta, Van Schaik Publishers, Longhorn.
References
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