by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) Brett Loubser, Head of WeChat Africa talks about:
- how WeChat is a social communications platform;
- the countries WeChat is focusing on growing in;
- how South African “shock jock” Gareth Cliff used it to launch an online radio station called Cliff Central;
- and its use as a second screen by the Big Brother series in South Africa.
Russell Southwood is the founder of Balancing Act and the web TV channel Smart Monkey TV, and has been an analyst in telecoms, internet and broadcast in Africa for the last 14 years. Smart Monkey TV aims to capture the energy at the crossroads between African culture and technology. MarkLives is syndicating content from Smart Monkey TV on a weekly basis for the column “Smart Africa TV”.
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