Foundation News
TxtAlert wins Tech4Africa Innovation Award for 2011
26.10.2011
TxtAlert wins Tech4Africa Innovation Award for 2011
Praekelt Foundation's appointment reminder system, TxtAlert, was recognised as the winner of the 2011 Tech4Africa Innovation Award, at a ceremony in Johannesburg.
TxtAlert-PMTCT launches in KwaZulu-Natal
24.10.2011
Praekelt Foundation's TxtAlert appointment reminder system now being used to help pregnant mothers in KwaZulu-Natal during their pregnancy and until their babies are 18 months old.
Praekelt Foundation co-hosts successful MAMA Partners Workshop
08.09.2011
Praekelt Foundation is proud to be one of three organizations asked by Johnson&Johnson and USAID to lead the proposal development for the MAMA project for South Africa. Our partners in this process is the Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute WRHI (formally RHRU), and Cell-Life.
Full YoungAfricaLive Youth Sex Survey poll results
30.08.2011
Earlier this year Praekelt Foundation released the recapitulated results of a groundbreaking Youth Sex Survey, conducted on its YoungAfricaLive mobile platform, that gives fascinating insight into the sexual behaviour and beliefs of South Africa's youth. Following the interest in the results, Praekelt Foundation decided to make public the full poll results.
Praekelt Foundation secures UNICEF funding for PMTCT project in KwaZulu-Natal
22.08.2011
Praekelt Foundation is delighted to announce our partnership with UNICEF South Africa, The Department of Health in Kwazulu-Natal, and Virtual Purple Systems. This project secured an 18-month funding commitment from UNICEF, with a total value of just over R2.1 Million in August 2011.
Queens MBA group partners with Praekelt Foundation for The Global Business Project
08.08.2011
The Canadian Queen's School of Business picked Praekelt Foundation as their partner of choice for the Global Business Project. Consisting of 7 MBA students from Queens University in Toronto, the group will donate 500 hours of work to help us build out our YoungAfricaLearn concept, into a fully-fledged mLearning solution for South Africa.