F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Tencent leads $48m Ozow Series B funding round
Storied South African fintech company Ozow attracted TenCent, Endeavor Catalyst and Endeavor Harvest Fund in a series B funding round that totaled $48 million….
WeChat partners with DStv to drive second screen user engagement
Social messaging app, WeChat, has partnered with South Africa’s popular satellite television service, DStv, to further user engagement using methods such as second screen…
Can Sina’s WeMeet rival WeChat as China’s #1 mobile messaging app?
China’s equivalent to Twitter, Sina, has entered into the fray of the mobile messaging war with its new app called WeMeet, or “Weimi” in…
Five difficulties facing startups in China
There’s a legend about a Chinese monk who, after years of meditating atop a high, isolated mountain, envisioned the world’s first circular disk. Careful…
