ALPA Kids, Winner of the Great Companies Global Business Award - 2022

Business Name: ALPA Kids.

Name: Kelly Lilles, Mikk Lilles.

Location: Tallinn, Estonia.

Establishment (Year): 2018.

Category / Industry: Education and E-Learning.

Sub Category / Sub Industry: E-learning.

Number of employees: 1-10 employees.

Website URL: www.alpakids.com

LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alpa-kids/

Company Detail:

Together with Estonian teachers, ALPA Kids creates digital learning games for 3-8-year-olds, where they can learn about the alphabet, shapes, nature, writing, math, and more in their native language and through examples of local culture. ALPA Kids stands for making the time a child spends on a smart device educational and enlightening and, most importantly, a child can learn in their mother tongue. The games are created in collaboration with teachers and researchers and integrated with off-screen activities.

The ALPA Kids app is easily adaptable to any language and culture with the focus on localizing the e-learning games for less spoken languages.

The solutions to Customer problems:

Problems-

Together with Estonian teachers, ALPA Kids creates digital learning games for 3-8-year-olds, where they can learn about the alphabet, shapes, nature, writing, math, and more in their native language and through examples of local culture. ALPA Kids stands for making the time a child spends on a smart device educational and enlightening and, most importantly, a child can learn in their mother tongue. The games are created in collaboration with teachers and researchers and integrated with off-screen activities.

The ALPA Kids app is easily adaptable to any language and culture with the focus on localizing the e-learning games for less spoken languages.

Solution-

ALPA Kids is developing e-learning games in native languages.

Unique Value Proposition:

• Their application is research-based and it covers different essential topics a child needs in the development cycle: maths, language, speech, environment, memory training, rhythm, and creativity.

• All the games have been designed and developed in collaboration with researchers and teachers and vary in difficulty according to the age of the child.

• They also focus on localizing the e-learning games for less spoken languages.

Target Market:

Families with children aged 3-8; educational institutions.

Company’s Internal Objectives related to innovation, customer service, and operational excellence:

• Most innovative products/services.

• Invest a certain amount in innovation.

• Improve or focus on research and development.

• Improve customer retention.

• ALPA offers personalized education.

• It suggests new learning content based on the analysis of the child’s acquired knowledge and skill set.

A customer’s review:

• Best value for the cost,

• Reliable products/services,

• Understands my needs,

• Most innovative products/services,

• Gaming can be educational! Entertainment & education combined!

Benefits to Employees:

• Positive Work Environment.

• Effective Communication.

• A Fair Salary.

• Job Security.

• Freedom in the Workplace.

• Work-Life Balance.

• Offer Training and Development.

• Growth Career Opportunities.

• Great teamwork & development agility.

Community / Society Service:

The major part of their application has FREE access. They support and keep alive less-spoken languages and cultures. They have launched a free Ukrainian ALPA Kids app for the support of Ukrainian children. They offer remote learning possibilities (including those, who have left their country and want to keep their language & culture close).