Mxit

Knott-Craig’s secret plan to fix Mxit, and why it failed

When serial tech entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig Jr took to the NetProphet stage on Thursday, it was ostensibly to talk about Project Isizwe — the…

Heunis: Mxit could have been a ‘major success’ story, but I was burnt out

Mxit founder Herman Heunis on Tuesday took to Twitter to express regret that he “was so burntout[sic]” when he made the decision to sell…

Mxit: how did Alan Knott-Craig Jr’s R500m bet go so badly wrong?

Mxit as we know it is dead. The company announced on Friday that it had shut down its commercial operations and would be transferring…

Mxit shuts up shop, donates IP to charity

Mxit on Friday confirmed that it would shutting down its commercial operations to focus on Reach, its charitable arm. CEO Francois Swart is meanwhile…

Fire engulfs Mxit’s Stellenbosch offices

Mobile instant messaging service Mxit’s Stellenbosch offices were reportedly engulfed in flames in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Memeburn understands that the fire…

Mxit: the rise and collapse of ‘Africa’s largest social network’

Flashback to 2010. Naspers is still a majority shareholder in Mxit, at this stage Africa’s largest social network and instant messaging client with 27-million…

Oju launches on Mxit, lets you say ‘I love you’ in an African way

Oju, Africa’s first black emoticons, have launched on mobile instant messaging platform Mxit. The news comes just a couple of months after its introduction…

Can features like Chat Cards and Newsfeed make Mxit cool again?

Not so long ago, Mxit appeared to be caught in something of a malaise. Alan Knott Craig Jr, the man who promised to change…

Mxit’s plan to rock India? Focus on feature phones and social change

More and more people in developing nations are turning to mobile messaging apps instead of SMS. As they do so, they’ll find that there’s…

Mxit officially launches in India, sets sights on massive feature phone base

Plans from Mxit, the South African based mobile social network, to expand into India have hardly been a well-kept secret, but it’s still a…

Mxit’s India foray: what we know so far [update]

It’s hardly unfair to say that Mxit was in stuck in stasis for a little while. Between Alan Knott Craig Jr leaving and the…

Here’s what the new version of Mxit will look like

If you’ve been thinking that Mxit’s been quiet on the product front for the last little while, we may know why that was the…

Mxit users might be outnumbered by FB counterparts, but are still fiercely loyal

Mxit may not be the mobile social networking powerhouse it once was, but its users are still fiercely loyal. That’s according to analysis of…

Ex FNB head honcho Michael Jordaan named Mxit chairman

This is big. Former FNB CEO Micheal Jordaan has been appointed chairman of mobile social network Mxit. Jordaan, who retired from FNB after a…

Rape Crisis launches Mxit portal to provide information, access to justice

This could be important. Rape Crisis, an NGO that aims to empower rape survivors and support them in finding justice, has launched a Mxit…

Mxit: now with live South African soccer games

This is pretty cool. Anyone using the mobile social network Mxit can now get real-time information on games from South Africa’s Premier Soccer League…

Mxit Music (officially) launches, beats iTunes pricing

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the African social network, but Mxit finally broke the silence with the announcement of Mxit Music,…

LoveLife offering mobile text-based counselling via Mxit

How do you get in touch with your audience? Find out where they are. That’s what LoveLife is doing. The organisation, which claims to…

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