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Russia’s answer to Twitter is reportedly attracting users in their thousands. Owned by the Mail.ru group, Futubura attracted some 17 000 users within 24…
Naspers snaps up eastern European classified site Slando from eBay
Emerging markets internet giant, Naspers has bought eastern European classified website Slando. Slando is the creation of Michael Pennington and Simon Crookall, who also…
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…
5 Cool African eCommerce websites
There was a time when Africa’s eCommerce platforms were so few in number as to be negligible. The ever increasing penetration of bandwidth onto…
