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		<title>The new MXit: A focus on social media, smartphones and African expansion</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/the-new-mxit-a-focus-on-social-media-smartphones-and-african-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/the-new-mxit-a-focus-on-social-media-smartphones-and-african-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New CEO Alan Knott-Craig is ringing the changes at MXit, a key emerging market mobile social network. Recently it was announced the company&#8217;s restructure would mean more focus, innovation and job losses. Knott-Craig bought MXit a few months ago for an undisclosed sum from founder Herman Heunis and emerging markets internet giant Naspers. The mobile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MXit: Knott-Craig announces restructure, job losses expected</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/mxit-knott-craig-announces-restructuring-plans-job-losses-expected/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/mxit-knott-craig-announces-restructuring-plans-job-losses-expected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent acquisition of popular instant messaging platform MXit, the biggest in Africa, came with the promise of big changes. Now the company&#8217;s new CEO, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr, has put his money where his mouth is by announcing a &#8220;company restructure&#8221;, meaning more focus, more innovation and job losses. Knott-Craig says his new plans involve [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Exclusive: Alan Knott-Craig buys MXit, Herman Heunis steps down</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/09/exclusive-alan-knott-craig-buys-mxit-herman-heunis-steps-down/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/09/exclusive-alan-knott-craig-buys-mxit-herman-heunis-steps-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naspers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago Memeburn revealed that instant messaging platform MXit was rumoured to be in sale talks with startup investment firm World of Avatar. We can now confirm that those rumours are true. The acquisition will see current MXit head, Herman Heunis step down, with Alan Knott-Craig Jnr, the World of Avatar boss, taking [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>MXit in talks to sell stake to local investors [Rumour]</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/mxit-in-talks-to-sell-stake-to-local-investors-rumour/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/mxit-in-talks-to-sell-stake-to-local-investors-rumour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FireID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FSMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naspers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toodu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World of Avatar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rumours are circulating around the industry that the popular instant messaging application and mobile social network, MXit, is about to be sold to new investors. MXit is represented in a number of international markets including Malaysia, Kenya, India, Indonesia, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, where users have access [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>New look, more growth for mobile social network MXit</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/new-look-more-growth-for-mobile-social-network-mxit/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/new-look-more-growth-for-mobile-social-network-mxit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mobile social network]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MXit, Africa’s largest instant messenger and mobile social network, has received a makeover. The service is also claiming that a further 1.1-million users have downloaded its new-look version in the first week, increasing daily registrations by 25% to &#8220;60 000 new registrations per day&#8221;. MXit, part-owned by emerging markets internet Goliath Naspers, wants to reinvent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>MXit enters mobile payments game with wiWallet</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/02/mxit-enters-mobile-payments-game-with-wiwallet/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/02/mxit-enters-mobile-payments-game-with-wiwallet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MXit has signed an exclusive agreement with wiWallet, that will soon make it possible for MXit’s 10-million active users to make use mobile payment services. wiWallet is a subsidiary of UCS Group Limited (&#8220;UCS&#8221;), a provider of retail software within South Africa, where the Group services 95% of SA&#8217;s retailers. This agreement will enable MXit [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>World Health Organisation using MXit, JamiiX in disaster zones</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/01/world-health-organisation-using-mxit-jamiix-in-disaster-zones/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/01/world-health-organisation-using-mxit-jamiix-in-disaster-zones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[herman heunis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaamix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marlon Parker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) has teamed up with popular mobile social network MXit and JamiiX to bring emergency preparedness information to chat users in disaster-prone Indonesia. This new approach is part of WHO’s wider effort to strengthen disaster preparedness in the region and build public awareness of the urgent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Africa&#8217;s mobile numbers, and where to find them</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/01/africas-mobile-numbers-and-where-to-find-them/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/01/africas-mobile-numbers-and-where-to-find-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Hersman: In Kenya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile operating system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Pingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Symbian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=18000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not a big surprise to see Nokia’s Symbian operating system is the most popular in Africa. We all knew that, but it’s by how much that draws your attention. Royal Pingdom has an excellent post on the web usage (which is what they can measure) of the top OS use around the world. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two ‘street-wise youth culture’ portals hit Mxit</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2010/11/two-street-wise-youth-culture-portals-hit-mxit/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2010/11/two-street-wise-youth-culture-portals-hit-mxit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Kaye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mopix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zwakanaka]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mxit, in partnership with Gate 7 CEO Emma Kaye, launched two new user generated content portals called Mopix and Zwakanaka in the first week of November. Within four days of going live, the portals had received in excess of 30 000 hits. Kaye is widely known as an innovator and industry leader in the fields [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Launch of API signals new era for MXit</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2010/11/launch-of-api-signals-new-era-for-mxit/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2010/11/launch-of-api-signals-new-era-for-mxit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[API]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herman heunis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MXit Moola]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=13794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten billion messages sent to mobile phones during July of 2010; 53-million photos sent during the same month, and more than 710-million logins&#8230; these are the kind of numbers that developers from emerging markets look at with envy when studying the mature internet markets of the Western World. But these statistics belong to South African [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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