New year, new funding, new release
We may only be a couple of days in, but 2010 is already promising to be another exciting year. After twelve months of steady growth (and one which saw us regularly exceed our limited technical capacity), late last month we were pleased to secure significant new funding. A $150,000 grant – our first from the Rockefeller Foundation - will allow us to increase the size of our FrontlineSMS developer team and better service the growing needs of our user, partner and developer communities. A huge thanks to Rockefeller for their support. \o/
The revamped version of FrontlineSMS – originally funded by the MacArthur Foundation in 2007/2008 – has only been available for just short of 18 months, but we’ve already put out two significant upgrades, with a third imminent. Each of these has been shaped by user feedback and requests for new features, all co-ordinated through our active and growing online Community, probably one of our greatest achievements. The latest release includes new language support, a mapping module and extended ability to connect external software applications.
Over the past few months we’ve also been quietly working on a new SMS-based initiative with partners Wieden+Kennedy, Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP) and the GSM Association. Technical development on this Hewlett Foundation-funded project – which will solve one of the biggest challenges faced by many grassroots mobile initiatives – starts next month. More news on that, and the new FrontlineSMS release, soon!
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->@kiwanja: New year, new funding, new release http://bit.ly/8T8qjg
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hey – congratulations. Good to hear
more great news!! really looking forward to seeing what 2010 has in store for Frontline SMS
Wow! Congratulations!
Thou Rocketh. That is all.
FrontlineSMS secures $150,000 grant from Rockefeller Foundation. "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
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Congrats!
Great way to start the new year!
Wow! This is great! So you can buy that embedded board?
Great news for the new year – congratulations!
Felicitaciones por esa gran labor que haces!!
Well done … congratulations
Great news!!! What is FrontlineSMS about?
Congrats !!!
Excited to learn @kiwanja & his amazing team at Frontline SMS are off to a great New Year w/ new funding! \O/ http://bit.ly/6F4PCm \O/
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@FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from the Rockefeller Foundation! "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
Great! Congrats! Rt @kiwanja: @FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from the Rockefeller Foundation! "New year, new fund… http://is.gd/5LNJy
Excellent news: RT @kiwanja: @FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from the Rockefeller Foundation! http://is.gd/5LNJy
CONGRATS! @kiwanja. @FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from Rockefeller Foundation "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
Congrats to @FrontlineSMS on the $150k in funding! http://is.gd/5LNJy (link via @kiwanja)
A huge thanks to everyone for their incredible support, whether it be via email, retweet, Facebook or blog comment! A collective \o/ from everyone at FrontlineSMS…
Congrats! @FrontlineSMS secures $150k Rockefeller Foundation funding "New year, new funding, new release" http://is.gd/5LNJy via @soccapital
Brilliant news RT @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS New year, new funding, new release http://bit.ly/6F4PCm
RT @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from the Rockefeller Foundation! "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
RT @frontlinesms: FrontlineSMS secures $150,000 grant from Rockefeller Foundation. "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
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RT @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS secures $150k from the Rockefeller Fndtn! "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy Congrats, Ken!
RT @frontlinesms FrontlineSMS secures $150K grant from Rockefeller Foundation. http://is.gd/5LNJy Congrats guys, you deserve it. keep it up!
Congrats @FrontlineSMS for $150k grant from the Rockefeller Foundation! "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
Awesome news! Congrats! RT @frontlinesms: FrontlineSMS secures $150k grant from Rockefeller Foundation. http://is.gd/5LNJy
Congrats guys!! That's super exciting
RT @frontlinesms FrontlineSMS secures $150K grant from Rockefeller Foundation. http://is.gd/5LNJy
Congrats guys!! That's super exciting
RT @frontlinesms FrontlineSMS secures $150K grant from Rockefeller Foundation. http://is.gd/5LNJy
RT @DebISIS @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS secures $150k from the Rockefeller Fndtn! http://is.gd/5LNJy Here's to Progressive $$ !
Most excellent! keep up the good work! RT @frontlinesms FrontlineSMS secures $150K grant from Rockefeller Foundation. http://is.gd/5LNJy
RT @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS secures $150k from the Rockefeller Fndtn! "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
Hooray, cngrts! RT @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from Rock Found! "New year, new funding, new release". http://is.gd/5LNJy
Congrats! Eager to watch developer community grow. RT @kiwanja: @FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from Rockefeller Fdn http://is.gd/5LNJy
Congrats! RT @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS secures $150k from the Rockefeller Fndtn. http://is.gd/5LNJy
amazing! @FrontlineSMS secures $150k from Rockefeller Fdn! "New year, new funding, new release" http://is.gd/5LNJy (via @mobileactive)
RT @lisatorjman & @mobileactive @FrontlineSMS secures $150k from Rockefeller Fdn! "New year, new funding, new release" http://is.gd/5LNJy
RT WOOT @whiteafrican @kiwanja @FrontlineSMS secures $150k from the Rockefeller Foundation! http://is.gd/5LNJy
Congrats to @FrontlineSMS for securing $150k from the Rockefeller Foundation! http://is.gd/5LNJy RT @conches@whiteafrican @kiwanja
Congratulations for your impressive growth last year and for garnering your much deserved grant. I wish you continued success in the year ahead.
Congrats bwana Kenwinna.
RT @kiwanja: @FrontlineSMS secures $150k funding from the Rockefeller Foundation! http://is.gd/5LNJy << hearty congrats!
RT @GrameenAppLab: Congrats to @FrontlineSMS for securing $150k from the Rockefeller Foundation! http://is.gd/5LNJy RT @conches@whiteafr …
Congrats on the progress!
Congrats, Ken and the Frontline team!
Congratulations Ken and Team.This year will bring greatness and a swarm of possibilities for your wonderful work..Always a pleasure Ken.
Congrats
Getting SMS to the organizing community: Frontline SMS are off to a great New Year w/ new funding! http://bit.ly/6F4PCm (thx @sgcatalyst)
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