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Posted on December 12, 2008 - by Justin Hartman

ReadWriteWeb does it again

ReadWriteWeb does it again

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ReadWriteWeb loves us! WOW. [...]

Posted on December 9, 2008 - by Justin Hartman

Taxi Protest in Cape Town

Taxi Protest in Cape Town

Driving to work this morning I heard that about 100 taxis were driving from the N2 into the Cape Town CBD in a protest to the introduction of the government’s Bus Rapid Transit system. Seeing as the Afrigator office appears to have the best position for chaos in the city (see the pics from the [...]

Posted on December 8, 2008 - by Justin Hartman

Afrigator on ReadWriteWeb and the New York Times as a Top 10 International Product for 2008

Afrigator on ReadWriteWeb and the New York Times as a Top 10 International Product for 2008

This almost went unnoticed but on Friday Afrigator was voted one of the Top 10 International Products for 2008 by ReadWriteWeb. This is obviously a massive accolade for all of us involved in Afrigator and at times like this I’m left perplexed at how a small garage startup like Afrigator has managed to gain such [...]

Posted on December 4, 2008 - by Justin Hartman

A small matter of R461,500 - the Quality Vacation Club farce

A small matter of R461,500 - the Quality Vacation Club farce

I’ve been following the Quality Vacation Club’s (QVC) attempt to sue local blogger Donn Edwards very closely after Donn himself left a comment on my blog.
Now I, along with many others I suspect, have been lured to a marketing sales pitch for time share by QVC under the guise that I’ve won a massive prize. [...]

Posted on November 28, 2008 - by Justin Hartman

88% of SA Bloggers make no money

88% of SA Bloggers make no money

Alistair, the brains behind the SA Blog Survey, sent me a very interesting slide yesterday about the revenue that bloggers earn from their blogs. As most of you will know Afrigator was proud to be associated with the 24.com SA Blog survey and according to Alistair there were over 1,000 responses to the survey.
I think [...]

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    I am the MD and co-founder of Afrigator - Africa's largest social media aggregator and blog directory. This blog is mostly about my life, experience running a startup and thoughts on technology that I encounter along the way... read more.
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