WhatsApp for schools in Zambia
Send report cards, fee reminders and notices to parents on WhatsApp instead of bulk SMS. Our team connects WhatsApp Business to your school system and quotes the work per project.
What the school office can do
- Report cards
- Send each term’s report card to parents as a PDF on WhatsApp, and see which ones were delivered and read.
- Fee reminders
- Reminders go out before fees are due, using message templates WhatsApp has approved.
- Replies from parents
- Parents answer in the same chat, so the office can see the whole conversation.
- Your school’s name
- Messages come from a WhatsApp Business profile in your school’s name.
- Staff email
- VumaMail gives teachers and the office email on your school’s domain, 25 GB per mailbox.
Bulk SMS or WhatsApp
- Read status
- Bulk SMS: no. WhatsApp: shows when each message is delivered and read.
- Documents and images
- Bulk SMS: text only. WhatsApp: PDFs and images, such as report cards.
- Replies
- Bulk SMS: limited. WhatsApp: parents reply in the same chat.
- Sender
- Bulk SMS: a number or short name. WhatsApp: a business profile with your school’s name.
Where your data lives
Your accounts and email are hosted in our own data centres.
Data centresNairobiLagosJohannesburg
Questions
Is this a self-service API?
No. Our team builds the connection between WhatsApp Business and your school system, and quotes it per project.
Who pays for the WhatsApp messages?
WhatsApp charges are billed by the provider. Our integration work is quoted separately.
How do we pay for VumaERP?
Pay in ZMW by MTN MoMo or Zamtel Kwacha. Checkout happens in the VumaCloud portal.