Afrigator: A Killer Start-up in Africa
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Case Details:
Case Code : BSTR353
Case Length : 20 Pages
Period : 2007-2009
Pub Date : 2009
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Afrigator Internet (Pty) Ltd.
Industry : Social Media
Countries : Africa
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Excerpts
Competitors
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In Africa, the Internet penetration rate was growing steadily. As per the Internet World Statistics, the Internet penetration rate in Africa was about 6.7% as of June 2009. According to experts, the rise in Internet usage along with an increase in demand for consumer generated content had led to the emergence of many social media sites in Africa...
Results
With content feeds from Nigeria to Uganda, Afrigator provided a platform for African citizens to popularize African content. Because of its ability to aggregate and filter social media sources around the world, Afrigator received international recognition and was compared with some major social media aggregators in the world...
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Partnerships
On February 25, 2009, 24.com, one of the largest blogging platforms in Africa, announced its integration with Afrigator. The integration allowed bloggers of 24.com to sign up for Afrigator with a single click and get their blog posts indexed and included in Afrigator...
Outlook
Experts opined that in the future, Afrigator would evolve into the preferred choice of web users who wanted to get a taste of the social networking scene in the African continent. The company planned to gain market share and leverage its existing user base in the future by making the site more useful to social media users and bloggers...
Exhibits
Exhibit I: Nielsen Online Ranking by Publisher
Exhibit II: A Brief Note on Adgator and Gatorpeeps
Exhibit III: Naspers Limited: Income Statement
Exhibit IV: A Brief Note on Social Media in Africa
Exhibit V: Monthly Traffic Sent to Blogs by Afrigator: 2007-2008
Exhibit VI: Top International Products of 2008
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