In these crisscrossing threads are woven the fabric of a community,
a society, an economy, a nation. And beyond that, the world itself.
But the technology isn't the dream. The dream is what you can do
with it.' Three revolutions changed the face of South Africa, the
economic powerhouse of the African continent, in 1994. The first
was democracy, as millions of newly-enfranchised citizens went to
the polls to elect a new government. The second was the internet,
bringing information, learning and entertainment into millions of
homes. But the real signal of change in the air was the arrival of
an electronic device that would put undreamed-of power into the
hands of the people. The cellular phone. In a country where less
than four per cent of the population had access to a landline
phone, mobile telephony opened the gateway to new ways and new
worlds of communication. Today, more than 90 per cent of South
Africans own at least one mobile phone, and they're not just using
them to talk to each other. Mobiles have become tools of education,
entrepreneurship, trade, empowerment, activism, media and
upliftment. With the advent of the mobile internet, mobiles have
also become the hubs of the most powerful force in modern
communication. The social network, bringing people together in an
interchange of ideas, opinions, chatter and commerce that is
changing the way we understand and define communities. This is the
story of the biggest and fastest-growing social network in Africa.
A network that took shape in the townships of the Western Cape and
has grown to be part of the lives of more than 50 million users in
120 countries, sending more than 23 billion messages a month. This
is the story of Mxit. A cultural force, a community of millions,
with its own economy, its own infrastructure, its own language and
its own traditions. This is the story of Mobinomics, the new
economy of mobile, and how it is connecting people and changing
lives. Read it and learn. Read it and understand. Read it and be
moved by the power of mobile.
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