Iraq-based edtech and children’s online learning portal for programming, IoT-Kids has successfully secured five-figure investment from the leading ISP provider in Iraq; Earthlink Telecommunications through the Iraqi Angel Investors Network. The fundraiser also included a matching $20,000 grant from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH via its project “ICT for Youth in Iraq” as part of the organization’s support to the Angel Network.
Founded in 2015 by Mohammad Khaled and Ali Taher, IoT-Kids is a provider of programming courses for schools across the country. The Iraq-based edtech has launched its online platform in 2019 to provide its users with digital versions of its courses. The company boasts a digital community of more than 200,000 users and has had more than 10,000 students complete its courses.
Ali Taher, Co-founder and COO of IoT Kids said, “We are very excited to have Earthlink as part of our journey, the funding will help us expand our online platform, marketing efforts and in due course expand outside of Iraq to other countries in the region”.
Earthlink Telecommunications is the largest and fastest-growing Internet Service Provider in Iraq and its portfolio of services includes ICT solutions, data centres, and managed services catering to the needs of the public and private sectors.
Dr Ala’a Jasim, the Deputy CEO of Earthlink Telecommunications highlighted, “Earthlink’s commitment to building strong internet infrastructure in Iraq derives from its vision to be the technology driver of Iraq’s future, and we already come a long way evolving from an internet service provider to an internet economy enabler. Our investment into IoT Kids echoes our strategy and we see a great potential in IoT Kids vision to raise a new tech enabled-generation”.
“We are very happy to see locally established businesses play an increasing role in supporting the private sector through actively investing into the local Iraqi ecosystem,” said Ali Al Suhail, the Network Manager for the Iraqi Angel Investors Network.
