April 4, 2007

Local companies starting to embrace Web 2.0

By MyADSL, 4 April 2007

Despite low broadband penetration rates and high local hosting costs South African companies are starting to invest in new media and Web 2.0 services.

Blogging growing fast

The latest addition to the local Web 2.0 arena is Amatomu ( http://www.amatomu.com/ ), a local blog aggregator which aims to give the local Blogosphere the exposure it deserves.

Amatomu is funded by the Mail & Guardian, which is increasingly investing in new media projects like podcasts and blogs. They are also in the process of developing the Mail & Guardian Labs, an initiative aimed at developing innovative new Internet based projects.

Read more at MyADSL.co.za

1 comment:

Paul said...

The Web 2.0 space is a pretty exciting space for businesses that we have met with. The social media tools that are available really open doors for them that they didn't realise were available beforehand.

We are pretty excited about working in this space!! It can be really rewarding.