Posted on April 5, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
The power of Afrigation
With Afrigator only a couple days old I’ve already noticed the power of content Afrigation. This evening I was falling asleep on my couch (too many 5am work nights this week all thanks to Afrigator) and the 7pm news was on TV in the background.
Right at the end of the news broadcast the presenter butted in saying “This breaking news just in” and then duly reported on the resignation of Telkom CEO Papi Molotsane.
Now had SABC been watching the news on Afrigator they would have seen posts by MyADSL at 17:18, Financial Mail Tech at 17:32 and The Crusoe Effect at 18:28 all reporting this same story and maybe it wouldn’t have been so breaking for the South African broadcaster.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Both comments and pings are currently closed.
12 Comments
I'd love to hear yours!
I am a seasoned entrepreneur and currently the CEO of
© 2008 Justin Hartman - Living Life. Running a Startup. Loving Technology. Web Hosting Sponsored by WPWebHost.
Visit My Website
April 5, 2007
Permalink
Anyways, I’d add “afrigation” to my vocabulary. Keep up the good work.
Visit My Website
April 5, 2007
Permalink
You’re 100% right David… It’s just the idea that they were “breaking” news which made me laugh
Visit My Website
April 5, 2007
Permalink
Maybe more South Africans will have access to internet now!
Visit My Website
April 5, 2007
Permalink
Anyways, I'd add “afrigation” to my vocabulary. Keep up the good work.
Visit My Website
April 5, 2007
Permalink
You're 100% right David… It's just the idea that they were “breaking” news which made me laugh
Visit My Website
April 5, 2007
Permalink
Maybe more South Africans will have access to internet now!
Visit My Website
April 6, 2007
Permalink
Its a classic case of new media taking over the old.. Wisdom of crowds online..
I cant wait to never watch TV again LOL
Visit My Website
April 6, 2007
Permalink
Just to add to this topic a little more… While conventional Internet may not be accessable to the African population at large* we already have a plan to sort this out. http://www.Afrigator.mobi is our WAP portal which will be a standard for all mobile phones so anyone with a cellphone (much bigger reach) will be able to access the latest breaking news in an easy to use format.
* Internet World stats show that Africa’s penetration per population is only 3% of the entire world so it’s a very small figure indeed. That said the growth rate between 2000-2007 is 638.4% compared to the rest of the worlds growth rate of 203.2% growth rate. I think this is a very promising factor for Africa!!!
Visit My Website
April 6, 2007
Permalink
Its a classic case of new media taking over the old.. Wisdom of crowds online..
I cant wait to never watch TV again LOL
Visit My Website
April 6, 2007
Permalink
Just to add to this topic a little more… While conventional Internet may not be accessable to the African population at large* we already have a plan to sort this out. http://www.Afrigator.mobi is our WAP portal which will be a standard for all mobile phones so anyone with a cellphone (much bigger reach) will be able to access the latest breaking news in an easy to use format.
* Internet World stats show that Africa's penetration per population is only 3% of the entire world so it's a very small figure indeed. That said the growth rate between 2000-2007 is 638.4% compared to the rest of the worlds growth rate of 203.2% growth rate. I think this is a very promising factor for Africa!!!
Visit My Website
May 4, 2007
Permalink
[...] to look at Peter’s own business. Had he done some research on other businesses, he would know the added value in networking that a blog entitles you with. He would have known that I have written a piece around [...]
Visit My Website
May 7, 2007
Permalink
[...] The power of Afrigation [...]