Instant messaging service Mxit is the best Web application ever to be created in Africa, according to Alan Knott-Craig. Knott-Craig previously headed up wireless provider iBurst and mobile social network Mxit. But Knott-Craig – who is the son of
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Deputy minister in the presidency Buti Manamela has launched a Mxit application called Isago to promote government’s national youth policy, which is currently in development. The app allows youngsters to give their views on the future of the country. Isago means “my
A fire broke out at Mxit’s offices in Stellenbosch early this morning. The fire started at 2am on Wednesday. Mxit chief financial officer Richard Newton said the fire was the result of an electrical fault. “There was a fair amount of smoke damage that
A new survey of the technology habits of South Africa’s student community shows that Facebook has become the default social network among students, with 97% of students in tertiary education using the platform. Twitter is second at 67%, followed by
NicSocks started as a unique and highly niche e-commerce business that focused on making and selling designer socks for men. But the business, started by Nic Haralambous, is now turning into a broader men’s fashion play as demand for clothing accessories catches up with global trends. Johannesburg-raised
The ANC has won an award for creating the largest political app on social networking site Mxit, the party said on Monday. “To date, the ANC mobile application has received 717 000 downloads and has 430 000 active users,” spokesman Zizi Kodwa
On Tuesday, technology market research firm World Wide Worx and online media monitoring company Fuseware released their annual report on the South African social media landscape. Their findings reveal that visual content is the biggest driving factor behind the uptake and
Mxit chief product officer Vincent Maher has left the social network, where he spearheaded the transition from feature phones to smartphones, and has been named as chief innovation officer at Kagiso Media. Maher, who co-founded Motribe with Nic Haralambous – the business was later sold to Mxit – will look after the development
South African social network Mxit has revealed its latest user numbers and the ways people engage with its services. The latest numbers show a decline over last year in active users, from 6,5m to 4,9m. Despite the decline, it appears those still using it are finding it increasingly sticky. Average daily time per user
In the mid-1990s, there were fewer telephone connections in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa than there were in Manhattan. What a difference two decades has made: by the end of this year, there will be more than 635m active telephone subscriptions on the sub-continent. That number is twice the population of