Gateway To Learning Through Social Networking Opens Up in Kenya

Online, November 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - According to the latest reports form Communications Commission of Kenya there are 22 million mobile phone subscribers in Kenya. The number of Internet users was estimated at 8.69 million. A whopping 99% of the internet traffic in Kenya is done via mobile operators, meaning 3G, Edge or GPRS. In such a situation learning through mobile phone looks very attractive, cheap, efficient and - the most important - easily accessible way of learning for millions of people with restricted access to usual Internet by computer. Looking forward to meet the needs of users' African mobile social network MoboFree.com introduced mobile learning module for its Kenyan members.

Mobofree is a free mobile first social network serving for dating and peer-to-peer learning purposes. It possesses all the great things social networks bring to the customers - communication, content sharing, dating, self realization, etc. Additional features empowering users to teach each other new things and share knowledge makes Mobofree an exclusive product. Though MoboFree was launched only one year ago it has more than 600 000 registered mobile users already and has been nominated at the World Summit Award mobile contest in Entertainment & Lifestyle projects category. Mobofree membership is free and members only pay standard data rates to their Mobile Internet service provider.

"Social networks and dating sites have transformed the way people communicate, find friends or life partners across the globe. It is therefore not too bold to say that such projects have the necessary potential to transform the way how people learn" - says George Asiko, MoboFree.com representative for Kenyan market. According to Mr. Asiko, young people are glad to share their knowledge and opinion to others. On the other hand there is a big demand for such info sharing and tutorials, especially if this information is submitted in accessible format. So MoboFree.com with its mobile learning module may expect big success in Kenya.

MoboFree Mobile learning module includes several key features: Video learning where users can view mobile tutorials covering different areas of file on their mobile phones - starting from videos how to prevent HIV or other serious diseases and finishing with short videos helping to learn foreign language. Tutor online feature provides possibility to work with volunteer tutors in private mobile chat channel. And last but not the least - sharing of learning content in text format - .pdf, .doc and .txt files. There are numerous web sites where students are sharing their studies material, conspectus, papers or e-books. But in most cases all this material is inaccessible for mobile users, as most mobile phones do not allow downloading or reviewing .doc, .pdf and other standard text files. MoboFree solution allows making all this material accessible even for people browsing with old phone models - all text documents will be converted to online mode. It will empower almost every mobile user whose phone supports Mobile Internet to read all those documents right in his/her phone without any downloading or installing additional special software.

Currently beta version of video learning is launched; all other mobile learning features will become accessible to MoboFree users in the nearest few weeks.

According to MoboFree development team, they are not trying to develop a diverse learning community. The target of mobile learning module is to erase boundaries between spending free time, networking, meeting new friends and learning new things. The main objective is to facilitate an environment where one can learn from others' expertise starting from very serious areas like Mathematics or Physics and finishing with topics necessary in daily life - like preparing good resume (CV) or parenting issues.