Cape Town - Mxit has grown up from a simple messaging platform to mobile ecosystem and despite the growth of international sites like Facebook and Twitter in SA, Mxit is still a dominant player. The ...

Mxit, the South African platform that was once the world’s largest mobile social network, is officially back. Launched in the pre-smartphone era, Mxit became a cultural touchstone for millions of ...

Pretoria - Criminals often obtain personal information about their victims on MXit, an instant messaging service for cellphones and computers. Mike Bolhuis, an investigator who specialises in serious ...

MXit was launched in 2005 by Namibian-born Herman Heunis, initially beginning as a multiplayer game based around SMSs. The game was quickly changed to a chat platform after the game’s success ...

Mxit as we know it is dead. The company announced on Friday that it had shut down its commercial operations and would be transferring its IP to the Reach Trust, its charitable arm. The news had an ...

Mxit’s initial popularity came mainly from its appeal among teenagers and young adults, for whom it provided a cost-effective means of communicating with friends and meeting strangers online.

“In 2014, Mxit tested the efficacy of through-the-line marketing efforts in India and Nigeria. Although the brand could quickly acquire users, ...

Mxit, in its statement, said its application would still be available to the public as a download. But as part of the deal, Mxit chief executive Francois Swart will depart after three years in charge.

Flashback to 2010. Naspers is still a majority shareholder in Mxit, at this stage Africa’s largest social network and instant messaging client with 27-million registered users. It is the darling ...

LIFESTYLE NEWS - MobieG, a free text-based counselling service on Mxit for troubled young people, is growing by the day and according to Stephnie Crouse, the executive director of MobieG, they have ...

Mxit launched seven years ago and everyone who had a cell phone, had Mxit. It turns out that Mxit has been here all along. South Africa: Mxit Is Not Dead - allAfrica.com ...

More and more people in developing nations are turning to mobile messaging apps instead of SMS. As they do so, they’ll find that there’s a huge variety of social messaging apps to choose from.