Mxit

SA’s Hlayisani Growth Fund mulling 12 deals after having invested R200m so far

Hlayisani Growth Fund, a SA fund that aims to make later-stage investments in African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is mulling 12 potential new…

SA startup Healthcent nets R8m investment from Allan Gray, Umkathi Wethu Ventures

SA healthtech startup Healthcent announced today that it had secured R8-million in seed funding from black empowered holding company Umkhathi Wethu Ventures and investment firm…

Live a simple life, Project Isizwe founder Alan Knott-Craig urges entrepreneurs

Project Isizwe founder, HeroTel executive chairman and World of Avatar founder and former CEO Alan Knott-Craig yesterday urged entrepreneurs to live a simple life and keep their living costs flat once their income increases.

Are these the 10 all-time biggest exit deals for SA startups? [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…

Does the future of instant messaging apps lie in bulk?

The instant messaging space is a tough nut to crack. Add a couple feature and it becomes cluttered and the users become uncomfortable. Remove…

SA schools to get savvy with new virtual classroom tool by Mxit, UNICEF

Today, South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Basic Education Enver Surty, together with the MEC for Education in Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi, officially unveiled a new…

M4JAM: the new startup that uses micro-jobbing to solve SA’s biggest problem

When the founders of the startup M4JAM (Money for Jam) secured a rare meeting with legendary banking innovator and investor, Michael Jordaan, he threw…

20 kickass African tech entrepreneurs worth your time

Entrepreneurship means setting sail on a whirlwind adventure without a boat and the hope that you’ll be able to build a ship along the…

Michael Jordaan’s MonteGray Capital makes first VC bets and it’s all about tech

Last year when former FNB head Michael Jordaan joined South African instant messaging service Mxit as chairman, we heard that his new aspirations were…

The unwavering persistence of entrepreneurs

The following is a transcription of a keynote speech made by Memeburn publisher and Creative Spark founder Matthew Buckland at the Youth Entrepreneurs Connect…

Mxit goes for continuity, announces Francois Swart as CEO

In news that should surprise absolutely no one, Mxit has announced that acting CEO Francois Swart will take permanent charge of the top job…

Get live weather updates on Mxit thanks to Kazazoom

Kazazoom, a Johannesburg-based technology startup that develops content and services for Mxit, has unveiled updates to the live weather service that it operates for…

One year of Mxit open APIs [Infographic]

It’s the birthday of Mxit’s open APIs and the launch of its mobi portal. To celebrate the last year we’re not having cake, but…

Mxit’s CEO quest: our picks for the top job

It’s been about five months since Mxit’s board of directors (aka the people with the money) and Alan Knott-Craig Jnr had a showdown that…

Bummed there is no Twitter on Mxit? Don’t fret now you have Tweetr

As a platform, Mxit seems to be evolving. In the last year it has expanded the user experience by opening up its API and…

With CellSchool Mxit flexes its muscles as an online teaching platform

Despite the recent turmoil at Mxit, it’s good to see the instant messaging service continuing to attract interest from companies involved in South Africa’s…

Signed, sealed and delivered: the Mxit/Motribe deal

Mxit has officially inked the deal to buy social network builder Motribe. We reported a few weeks ago that the deal was in its…

2go: SA startup you’ve never heard of crushes Facebook in Nigeria

South African instant messaging startup 2go is getting some good traction in Nigeria. The company is reporting that it recently crossed the 10 million…

Mxit buys mobile social network builder Motribe, CEO steps down

Sources close to Ventureburn have been speculating for a while that Mxit was on the verge of buying Motribe. Now we have confirmation that…

Mxit Money: new mobile money service from Africa’s largest social network

What’s the future of banking? Well we know that in the future our mobile phones will replace money, and even our credit cards. Why?…

Turn your WordPress site into a Mxit app, easy peasy

Mxit has been working hard to create a platform that developers can build products on. In the last few months the mobile social network…

FunDza: an experiment in mobile books

No one will argue that the basic literacy situation in South Africa is dire. With access to books being so low (only seven percent…

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…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

How AI is Rewriting Urban Planning in Developing Regions

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain