Mxit

Mxit launches latest J2ME app, includes improved images, profile building

African mobile social networking giant Mxit has launched the latest version of it J2ME app, which it says draws heavily, when it comes to…

Mxit claims social network world first with ‘A Lucky Man’ premiere

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…

What Alan Knott-Craig’s departure means for brand Mxit: An insider’s view

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…

Mxit goes wild for Motribe photo filter app

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…

Alan Knott-Craig Jr on birthing World of Avatar, sealing the Mxit deal

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…

Motribe brings Instagram-style filters to Mxit

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…

What Africa needs to innovate on a global scale

It’s common knowledge that Africa, as continent, has been a leading innovator when it comes to mobile. Given that mobile phones arrived on a…

MXit: Knott-Craig announces restructure, job losses expected

The recent acquisition of popular instant messaging platform MXit, the biggest in Africa, came with the promise of big changes. Now the company’s new…

Africa: Turning the tech world upside down (Part 1)

In business white space is defined as a place, “…where rules are vague, authority is fuzzy, budgets are non existent, and strategy is unclear…”…

MXit primarily used by adults finds SA social media study

No longer the forgotten step-child of South African internet activity, a study by Fuseware and World Wide Worx has found that along with e-mail,…

Exclusive: Alan Knott-Craig buys MXit, Herman Heunis steps down

A few weeks ago Memeburn revealed that instant messaging platform MXit was rumoured to be in sale talks with startup investment firm World of…

MXit in talks to sell stake to local investors [Rumour]

Rumours are circulating around the industry that the popular instant messaging application and mobile social network, MXit, is about to be sold to new…

8 mobile social media networks for emerging markets

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…

SA mobile ad revenue to reach a billion rands by 2012

Predictions from upcoming Mobile Mindblast conference suggest that mobile ad revenues in South Africa totalled approximately R500-million in the last year. Year-on-year growth trends…

MXit enters mobile payments game with wiWallet

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…

World Health Organisation using MXit, JamiiX in disaster zones

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…

Kenya’s astonishing internet growth: Six key trends to watch

For many years, Kenya was known as fertile ground for agriculture, but increasingly it’s becoming known as a place where technology companies can grow…

Two ‘street-wise youth culture’ portals hit Mxit

Mxit, in partnership with Gate 7 CEO Emma Kaye, launched two new user generated content portals called Mopix and Zwakanaka in the first week…

Launch of API signals new era for MXit

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… these…

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