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Kenya’s Eneza Education and Pakistan’s Knowledge Platform Merge
Kenya’s Eneza Education and Pakistan’s Knowledge Platform Merge

Knowledge Platform, Pakistan’s prominent edtech company, has merged with Eneza Education, a Kenyan edtech firm, to form a new African-Asian edtech venture. The merged entity will operate under the Knowledge Platform brand and be headquartered in Singapore. The financial details of the merger have not been disclosed. Following the merger, Wambura Kimunyu, CEO of Eneza Education, will be Chief Growth Officer at Knowledge Platform.

The combined venture uses mobile, web, and SMS technologies to serve over 1 million learners across Africa and Asia.

Founded in 2011, Eneza Education is a growth-stage edtech company headquartered in Nairobi with operations in Kenya, Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. The company reports that it has served over 12 million learners, delivered more than 91 million SMS lessons, and facilitated over 62 million questions answered.

Knowledge Platform, established in 2000 as a corporate training company, is headquartered in Singapore and supports various affiliated ventures. The company provides digital learning content and technology solutions for Southeast and Asian partners. In 2012, it sold its pan-Asian compliance e-learning business to Thomson Reuters, and in 2011, it sold its pan-Asian IT market research business, also to Thomson Reuters.