{"id":2529,"date":"2012-10-14T20:51:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T01:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2012-10-14T20:52:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T01:52:01","slug":"alan-knott-craig-mxit-african-mobile-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/10\/14\/alan-knott-craig-mxit-african-mobile-tech","title":{"rendered":"Alan Knott Craig, Mxit &#038; African mobile tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know nothing about the African continent, having never stepped foot into it before (something I&#8217;m sure I will remedy within the next decade). I read a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/2\/ab45309c-0e28-11e2-8d92-00144feabdc0.html#axzz29KLHgzAh\">piece<\/a> in the FT Weekend about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanknottcraig.co.za\/\">Alan Knott Craig, Jr.<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alanknottcraig\">@alanknottcraig<\/a>), an entrepreneur in South Africa that runs <a href=\"http:\/\/site.mxit.com\/\">Mxit<\/a>. Mxit is impressive: 750 million messages a day served, plus allowing 581 million mobile users in Africa to make electronic payments.<\/p>\n<p>You have got to love Mxit&#8217;s mantra:\u00a0<strong>help more Africans make more money<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a social entrepreneur at his best. I&#8217;ve already picked up his book titled:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00887OX2I\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00887OX2I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20\">Mobinomics: Mxit and Africa&#8217;s Mobile Revolution<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00887OX2I\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, which I presume will be an interesting read.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a workaholic with suggestions on how to improve his work-life balance with 3 simple rules:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>no working after 6pm<\/li>\n<li>no working on Sundays; and<\/li>\n<li>no travelling for more than seven consecutive nights<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I just subscribed to his blog and followed him on Twitter and am totally eager to learn more about this amazing continent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Alan%20Knott%20Craig%2C%20Mxit%20%26%20African%20mobile%20tech&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F10%2F14%2Falan-knott-craig-mxit-african-mobile-tech&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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I read a piece in the FT Weekend about Alan Knott Craig, Jr. (@alanknottcraig), an entrepreneur in South Africa that runs Mxit. Mxit is impressive: 750 million messages a day served, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Alan%20Knott%20Craig%2C%20Mxit%20%26%20African%20mobile%20tech&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F10%2F14%2Falan-knott-craig-mxit-african-mobile-tech&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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