Motribe

MXit has announced the launch of a new set of developer APIs as well as a redesigned Developer Centre. The company claims that by using open web standards, it is opening MXit up for anyone who wants to develop apps for it.The new APIs will reportedly allow developers access ...

An app inside mobile social network MXit is showing some fairly impressive growth.The app, called JudgeME, was developed by mobile social network builder Motribe and reportedly helps people meet each other by uploading and browsing photos.The South African-based company claims the app has gained over 400 000 users less than ...

The methodology behind this list of startups had two simple directives. First, the startup had to have African roots and secondly it had to be brilliant.More specifically, we were looking for that type of brilliance that exudes intelligence, talent, quality or simply, something fresh. Of course brilliance, like most things ...

The development of MXit, South Africa's incredibly successful answer to Facebook as been well covered in the past. MXit's success has largely been down to the fact that its focus was directed at mobile phone users, and it found its niche in providing a cheap alternative to SMS.So what other ...

Herman Chinery-Hesse, commonly known as "The Bill Gates of Africa", is to speak at the upcoming Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg later this year. He will join a world-class line-up of international and African technologists that will present at the conference in October 2011.The conference will features speakers from leading ...

Memeburn has it on good authority that Motribe, the relatively-new mobile social networking platform that empowers users across the world with tools to build and manage their own mobile social network, claims to have now hit the "one million user mark".The venture capital-backed startup focuses its attention primarily on ...

In 2009, the US embassy in South Africa embarked on a new approach to diplomacy. We set up a Facebook page, started a Twitter account and established a presence on MXit, a mobile chat service which attracts millions of youth.Our embrace of these social media sites reflected a shift in ...

There’s a growing startup scene at the tip of Africa. And it was more evident than ever at a Silicon Cape networking event on Tuesday evening.The energy and passion that the organisers of the Silicon Cape Initiative, a body formed to promote entrepreneurial activity in the tech sector, have ...

The next evolution of social networks involves customisable, targeted communities that share specific interests, as opposed to the one-size-fits all mega-networks that exist today. And these new networks need to be flexible enough to take advantage of the massive growth spurt reported that is happening on the mobile web.These two ...