Startup News
Leading mobile operator Vodacom invests in Zoopy
Zoopy, the South African based video sharing and social media web site has just announced on their blog that Vodacom have invested and taken up a 40% stake in the company. Zoopy allows users to share content such as blogs, video and podcasts. Zoopy just recently passed their 10,000th upload and announced a partnership [...]
Revisting Buzzfuse with thoughts of an additional business model
The initial review of buzzfuse was by far the most negative i have done, and i hate to do that since the goal of this site is to actually promote local companies, however i feel what is much more important is being honest about your opinions. Do not get me wrong, i do think [...]
Afrigator, raises the game for other social media aggregators
Afrigator, the social media aggregator for Africa has raised the game when it comes to web 2.0. They have added a feature that allows you to automatically import your blogroll as friends.
Blueworld Social Network, launches free classifieds
Blueworld, the South African social network have launched free classifieds. The site allows you to post a classified ad without any registration, which is always a good thing since it is quick and easy. You may filter posts based on regions, as well as topics like cars, jobs and they even have a category [...]
Blueworld, South Africa’s social network goes mobile
Blueworld now has a mobile version of the social networking site. The mobile site is lightweight and lets you view and respond to messages. The site also has a feature called ‘MINI’ blogs which is very much like twitter. Additional features included news headlines from sites like News24 and access to events posted [...]
Afrigator, Africa’s Social Media Aggregator Beta 2 Launch
Afrigator, the African social media aggregator has launched beta version 2 of their web site. The home page has been given an overhaul, now with tabs splitting content by Recent, Most Clicked and popular. In addition to this you get a custom tab which lets you customize the home page and view only [...]
