Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Carel
Filed under South Africa, Technology
MXit is a South African social networking company with 12 million subscribers around the world. According to MXit it is “a next generation Mobile Instant Messenger that connects you to a world of expression, using both instant messaging and social networking.” MXit recently launched an iPhone app. I’ve been a beta user for a few [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2009 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology, Venture Capital
I had the distinct pleasure to visit my homeland, South Africa, to attend Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa‘s first conference after forming HPV’s ZAR350mm VC fund in early 2008. Andrea Böhmert, one of HPV Africa’s co-managing partners, invited me to participate on a panel discussing “Local entrepreneurs going international”. The panel consisted of: Herman Heunis – [...]
