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Fri, February 15th 2013, 10:10 · Nanine Steenkamp

Ambitious SA WeChat launch to compete with WhatsApp, BBM and Mxit

WeChat, the Chinese social chat app, has been made available to South African smartphone users in an already crowded market. → Read more
Tue, February 5th 2013, 13:32 · Tefo Mohapi

Preferred Developer Programme launched by Mxit to recognise and reward best developers

South Africa's largest social network platform has launched their Preferred Developer Program (PDP) which will provide a form of certification or accreditation for Mxit developers. → Read more
Mon, January 28th 2013, 08:58 · HumanIPO

SA’s Mxit to be challenged by Chinese WeChat

WeChat, a messaging service of the Chinese Internet portal giant Tencent, is targeting the African market, posing threats to South African service Mxit. → Read more
Tue, December 11th 2012, 15:16 · Tefo Mohapi

41 employees confirmed to be retrenched, Mxit says it’s channeling funds into “key growth areas”

Mxit, the “largest social network in South Africa”, says it plans for aggressive growth in 2013 with the implementation of an extremely focused technology and business plan. → Read more
Tue, December 11th 2012, 12:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Trouble at World of Avatar as Mxit set to retrench employees and Boom.fm shuts down

World of Avatar has suffered further blows after announcements that Mxit is to retrench staff and Boom.fm is to close. → Read more
Wed, December 5th 2012, 12:35 · Tefo Mohapi

NATIVE launches an innovation hub and 10 new Mxit Apps

NATIVE Inventions, the innovation and product development division of NATIVE, has launched 10 new Mxit applications as it looks for new revenue streams from the mobile apps market. → Read more
Thu, October 25th 2012, 14:31 · Tefo Mohapi

School Exam Revision Apps proving popular on Mxit

Education apps on Mxit - “Africa’s largest social network” - were popular for the period leading up to the start of South African Grade 12 exams on Monday. → Read more
Fri, October 19th 2012, 08:36 · Elly Okutoyi

Mxit declares that archrival WhatsApp is no threat

Leading African instant messaging platform Mxit has said that competitor WhatsApp is not a threat to its operations as they operate in different niches. → Read more
Thu, October 18th 2012, 15:02 · Tefo Mohapi

BREAKING: Alan Knott-Craig Jnr steps down as Mxit CEO

In an unexpected and surprising move, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr has stepped down as CEO of Mxit, citing shareholder differences. → Read more
Tue, October 16th 2012, 05:34 · Igor Hobotov

Welcome to the “Republic” of Mxit

Alan Knott-Craig Jr, the chief executive officer of Africa’s top social networking site Mxit, has made it clear that he believes their home is Africa. Looking at the recently released demographics and statistics as at the end of August 2012, you would be tempted to further stretch that phrase, that perhaps Mxit is slowly becoming a republic, albeit virtual, in Africa. → Read more
Wed, October 10th 2012, 15:32 · Dan Sudi

LifeLine uses Mxit’s chat service to mark Mental Health Awareness month

South Africa’s LifeLine Johannesburg, a humanitarian organisation focused on counselling, has partnered with Africa’s fastest growing social networking site Mxit to offer mobile chat platform for counselling services during October’s Mental Health Awareness (MHA) month. → Read more
Fri, October 5th 2012, 09:21 · Vincent Matinde

Mxit and First National Bank launch FNB Moola+

A partnership between Mxit and the First National Bank (FNB) means users can now integrate their payment options on the platform by incorporating a new service, branded FNB Moola+. → Read more
Wed, October 3rd 2012, 14:26 · Tefo Mohapi

Mxit confirms Motribe acquisition from 4Di Capital

Silicon Cape startup Motribe has officially been confirmed as having undergone acquisition by Mxit, Africa's largest social networking site. → Read more
Wed, September 26th 2012, 06:12 · HumanIPO

Mxit acquires mobile development specialists Motribe

Africa’s biggest social network Mxit has acquired mobile community specialists Motribe, to help more developers build products on its API. → Read more
Tue, September 4th 2012, 08:04 · Elly Okutoyi

Mxit to become a full-fledged social platform

Mxit, arguably the largest mobile social network in Africa, is considering altering its business from an instant messaging (IM) platform to a full-fledged social platform. This revelation comes even as it braces itself to face the rising competition from mainstream social media platforms. → Read more
Wed, August 15th 2012, 13:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Africa’s largest social network partners with Standard Bank to launch Mxit Money

Mxit today launched its mobile commerce platform, which will see it provide its 10 million active South African users with the ability to perform real money transactions. → Read more
Wed, August 1st 2012, 12:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Mxit appointed official social network for Team SA at Olympics

Africa's biggest social network Mxit has been appointed the official social network for Team SA at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. → Read more
Wed, July 4th 2012, 13:14 · Igor Hobotov

The Mxit revolution: Alan Knott-Craig’s tale of Mxit acquisition

In the book, “Mobinomics: Mxit and the mobile revolution,” Knott-Craig Jnr tells us how he came to own Mxit. → Read more
Mon, June 18th 2012, 07:45 · HumanIPO

Startup in SA launches a photo-filtering app on Mxit called MxPix

South Africa-based mobile social networking startup the Motribe launched its second Mxit app called MxPix in “stealth mode” on the South African social network Mxit last week Tuesday. In just a week, the growth has since been impressive, notes the HumanIPO. → Read more
Fri, February 24th 2012, 08:52 · Elly Okutoyi

MXit Ranked Top in Forbes Africa Start-up List

South Africa’s mobile messaging service MXit, has been ranked number one technology start-up in Africa according to Forbes Magazine. → Read more