<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss
version="2.0"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
><channel><title>memeburn &#187; Mxit</title> <atom:link href="http://memeburn.com/category/mxit/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://memeburn.com</link> <description>Tech-savvy insight and analysis</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 13:26:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>SA govt runs to MXit to engage younger crowd</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/sa-govt-runs-to-mxit-to-engage-younger-crowd/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/sa-govt-runs-to-mxit-to-engage-younger-crowd/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:30:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Carstens: Staff reporter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Planning Commission]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NPC]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=62915</guid> <description><![CDATA[It has become commonplace for politicians to engage audiences through social media. Whatever your views may be on the efficacy of, or motives behind these campaigns, one thing is clear, the public can engage with candidates and those in office like never before. MXit is a South African social media success story, the largest network [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/sa-govt-runs-to-mxit-to-engage-younger-crowd/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hey MXit, where&#8217;s the share button?</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/hey-mxit-wheres-the-share-button/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/hey-mxit-wheres-the-share-button/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Graeme Lipschitz: Columnist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BBM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smartphones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social sharing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=57555</guid> <description><![CDATA[MXit, the free instant messaging and social media platform, has been in the news lately, primarily because it was acquired by World of Avatar, a South African investment group lead by Alan Knott Craig Junior, last year. Where MXit has excelled in the pre-smartphone market has been in connecting to other services like Yahoo, ICQ, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/hey-mxit-wheres-the-share-button/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=46447</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/the-new-mxit-a-focus-on-social-media-smartphones-and-african-expansion/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=46378</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/mxit-knott-craig-announces-restructuring-plans-job-losses-expected/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alan Knott-Craig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[herman heunis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Naspers]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=41789</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/09/exclusive-alan-knott-craig-buys-mxit-herman-heunis-steps-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>17</slash:comments> </item> <item><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><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=35091</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/mxit-in-talks-to-sell-stake-to-local-investors-rumour/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile social network]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=32871</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/new-look-more-growth-for-mobile-social-network-mxit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UCS Group Limited]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wiWallet]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=21435</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/02/mxit-enters-mobile-payments-game-with-wiwallet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <category><![CDATA[Mxit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[herman heunis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jaamix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marlon Parker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World Health Organisation]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=19750</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/01/world-health-organisation-using-mxit-jamiix-in-disaster-zones/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/01/africas-mobile-numbers-and-where-to-find-them/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Minified using disk: basic
Page Caching using disk: basic
Database Caching 11/139 queries in 0.051 seconds using memcached
Object Caching 1099/1376 objects using memcached
Content Delivery Network via s1.cdn.memeburn.com

Served from: memeburn.com @ 2012-05-26 21:21:31 -->
