The social media fanatics of South Africa have decided to Mxit up! Introducing the mobile networking platform Mxit, a community that has blown both Facebook and Twitter out of the water in number of users since it hit the scene in 2011. According to company statistics, Mxit users transfer between 500 and 850 million messages… Read more »
from our President, John Walter What seemed improbable only days ago is reality today. A supposed rag-tag rebel group (they call themselves M23) have marched into Goma, a city of 1 million destitute people, and taken control of it. Just like that, they marched past the UN peacekeepers and DRC troops to take control of the airport and then… Read more »
South African music sensation, Oskido, will be presented with the Special Recognition award at this year’s Channel O Music Video Awards show. The prestigious, South African-based Channel O awards have been in effect since 2003, each year acknowledging the well deserving artists that have risen out of a newly democratic influence in South Africa. DJ,… Read more »
[photo by Char Beck // charbeck.net] In 2004, after already having spent time in Africa, Mocha Club Director, Barrett Ward created the Mocha Club with a vision of empowering individuals to give up the cost of a few mochas a month to support relief and development projects identified by the local, African communities. We address extreme… Read more »
Hollywood, Bollywood, and.. Nollywood. Though lesser-known, Nigerian film industry, Nollywood, is the second largest after Bollywood in the number of films it produces annually. In fact, it is so successful that Nigerian filmmakers have been able to maintain control over their films without the need for outside financial help. Today, to celebrate this artistic growth… Read more »
