Mxit

African mobile social networking giant Mxit has launched the latest version of it J2ME app, which it says draws heavily, when it comes to looks at least, from its Android and BlackBerry 10 apps.In an official blog post, Mxit says that the updated app comes with a number of ...

This is very cool. Africa's largest mobile social network Mxit is getting its own full-length feature film.The film, called A Lucky Man, tells the story of Ernie ‘Lastig’ Solomon, a legendary ex-gang boss, from the Cape Flats, an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central ...

This is potentially very big. Chinese internet giant Tencent is looking to take its massively successful instant messaging service WeChat to South Africa, where it will take on the likes of Mxit, Africa's largest mobile social network.WeChat has seen phenomenal growth in recent times. Last week, Tencent revealed that ...

Until three weeks ago Frans De Villiers worked at Mxit as a special marketing project manager. He explains what life under Alan Knott-Craig Junior was like and how his departure could affect Mxit as a brand.Alan Knott-Craig Junior was Mxit’s Barack Obama. He rocked up at the scene at ...

Motribe made a name for itself building mobile social networks, but the company's photo-based Mxit apps seem to really be taking off too.The South African-based company released MxPix, a little over a month ago. In that time the app, which makes Instagram-style photo sharing and filtering possible for people ...

In the third and final extract from his book "Mobinomics", South African entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig Jr details how he took World of Avatar from concept to company. As was the case with some of his previous ventures, there were speedbumps along the way. At one point Knott-Craig had less than ...

Motribe is best known for building mobile social networks, but the company is seems to be getting into another niche: building photo-based apps for Mxit.The South African-based company recently launched JudgeMe, an app that helps people meet each other by uploading and browsing photos. Today meanwhile saw it officially ...

Massively popular youth-based social network Mxit is looking to give small-time developers a boost with its 'Developer Kickstart Programme'.Under the programme, independent developers who develop for the Mxit platform will be given the chance to "get their apps promoted on Mxit, and find their users".The rules for the ...

Instagram’s a pretty big mobile social network. A user base now sitting somewhere north of the 30-million mark is nothing to be sneezed at. Thing is, big as Instagram is it’s nowhere near the biggest.In fact, emerging markets are killing when it comes to mobile social networks. Around half ...

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