Boniface Githinji could soon become a darling to Kenyan parents, or the most hated person by students in the East African nation, for making it easier for schools to deliver reports on students’ progress to their guardians.

The tech entrepreneur has developed a mass text system known as Sematime that enables schools to communicate to parents on their children’s progress or update them on school fees balance  and upcoming events.

“Virtually every parent owns a cell phone in this country — and that doesn’t have to be a smart phone to receive SMSs (text messages),” Githinji, 26, told CNN in an interview.

About 1,500 schools in Kenya are already using Sematime, earning the startup $65,000 in revenue last year.

Some small and medium businesses in the country have also taken up the service and are using it to send information, bills and invoices to their clients.

Githinji’s company is currently working with one of the leading startup accelerators in the region, Nailab, which helps budding entrepreneurs develop their ideas into successful businesses.

Nailab has helped Sematime solve one of its biggest problems, raising the initial capital it needs for daily operations and expanding its clientele in Kenya and beyond.

“I probably wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Nailab,” Githinji said. “It’s an organization that tends to startups, people who want to do something but they don’t have the facilities, they don’t have the internet.”

Three years ago, Sematime beat off five other technology startups to emerge as winner of The Next Web’s Startup World, The Next Web reported.