ForgetMeNot Africa has won the coveted Innovation in Messaging award at the 160 Characters Mobile Messaging Awards.

ForgetMeNot Africa’s Message Optimiser technology took home the title at the events ceremony on Wednesday, June 22. The Message Optimiser system bypasses the need for fixed telephone line Internet access, PCs, expensive subscriptions, smartphones, Java downloads and data connections to provide email, online chat, instant messaging and social networking to even the most rural communities in Africa. It transforms even the most basic SMS-enabled device into a virtual smartphone.

Jeremy George, Chief Operating Officer for ForgetMeNot Africa, said: “This award celebrates ForgetMeNot Africa’s continued progress in bridging the digital divide in Africa. Our goal remains to provide internet messaging on every mobile phone on the continent. In the past year our technology has enabled access to Facebook, in addition to email and online chat, for more than 47.5 million people in east, west, central and southern Africa, with further expansion planned in the next 12 months.”

ForgetMeNot Africa was also nominated for the Messaging Application: Consumer award for its Facebook through Message Optimiser service.

Award winners can be seen in full here.

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