Quick hits for Monday…
Growing Muti: A 3 Year Tale of Patience and Persistence @ whiteafrican
We’re seeing Muti grow in other ways too. News 24 is one of the largest media houses in South Africa. In their new mobile application, Muti is listed along with Digg and Reddit as a place to submit a story to. It has become South Africa’s version of those services, and you can see that change coming as more submissions are not just about technology (though that is still the foundation).
Sounth African Vinny Lingham was selected as World Economic forum Young global leaders with the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Kevin Rose. @ Techcrunch
Drawn from a pool of almost 5,000 candidates, the Young Global Leaders 2009 were chosen by a selection committee (PDF), chaired by H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, comprising 31 eminent international media leaders.
News24 Releases an Iphone APP. @ Bandwidthblog
24.com will expand their mobile strategy in the next few weeks when they launch an iPhone application for all their 24 portals which include Wheels24, Sport24, News24, Fin24 & Entertainment24. The News24 iPhone application will enable all iPhone users to gain access to Africa’s #1 online destination and have breaking news at their finger tips.
This is the second iphone app from a media company, YFM also has an app on the Iphone App store.
5 Questions with the founder of the latest linux distro from Africa, Kongoni @ opensourcereleasefeed
We’re aimed at a completely different kind of desktop user. A classic mistake is to think there is only one kind, Microsoft makes it, Ubuntu to a much lesser degree but still -even the various specialized derivatives won’t reach everyone. I suppose a simple way of putting it would be to say that Ubuntu appeals to a large section of the average Windows users, Kongoni would appeal to a large section of what is currently Mac users. A beautiful and slick distribution, with visuals inspired by the beauty of African nature, on top of a solid, fast and stable BSD-like architecture.
New telecoms operator Otel licensed in SOuth Africa @ Southafrica.info
O-Tel is a licensed national telecoms operator, having receiving its individual Electronic Communication Network Services (i-ECNS) license from the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) in January.
The telecoms company is able to offer a nationwide telecommunications service from day one because subscribers connect either to the Vodacom 3G network or Telkom’s ADSL network to be able to make telephone calls or surf the internet.
“O-Tel can provide anyone within Telkom ADSL or Vodacom 3G coverage with a telephone line for R99 per month with no contract necessary,” O-Tel CEO Mohammad Patel said in a statement this week.
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