South Africa’s Mail & Guardian are launching a new website, called Thought Leader which will become a platform for conversation, driven by local (SA) leaders in business & media who will contribute regularly to the website. I think this is the first mention of it anywhere, and the official launch is actually only next week, [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Where I’ve Been Acquired for $3m
Yup, it’s starting. Inside Facebook just reported that the “Where I’ve Been” Facebook app has been acquired, just 2 months after launching – for $3m!! Facebook is becoming the new Web Platform, as I hinted in my post, “Facebook is the New Internet“. Start building those applications – the gold rush is upon us!
Google to open South African office, follows in Amazon’s footsteps
ITWeb reported that Google has finally appointed a Country Manager to setup it’s South African operations. South African Internet usage has grown 120% in the past year, and it won’t be long until you see eBay, Yahoo & the others follow Google & Amazon’s recent foray (Amazon’s Cape Town office built EC2) into South Africa. [...]
Attention Corporates …
After the many discussions this week around Facebook and with many external media references to my recent post on Corporates Blocking Facebook, it’s become quite clear that the major banks and other corporates in South Africa that are blocking Facebook because they think that it will stem the tide of social networking that is occurring [...]
Entrepreneur Magazine Feature
It’s August already! I can’t believe it! Well, I thought I’d share a feature that I got from the August issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Also, one of my latest investments from Lingham Capital (website coming soon!), SkyRove, managed to also get a two page mention, Page 1 & Page [...]
Vinny Lingham is an International Award winning Entrepreneur & Search Engine Marketer. He is currently CEO of Free Website maker, Yola.