The Clickatell ZA Blog

Chances are that as a South African consumer you have received an SMTP SMS notification alert at some point in the last few years.

Two years ago Vodafone launched South Africa’s first location-based social network – The Grid – and this year they have taken their mobile application to a whole new level.

With less than 350 days until kick-off in the first of the 64 matches to be played in the South African 2010 Soccer World Cup, the tension is rising as the availability of tickets decreases.

SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Education in partnership with Mobidic and the Gauteng Economic Development Agency have launched an exciting SMS text messaging application project.

When comparing Internet penetration against mobile penetration in South Africa, you’ll find that while broadband Internet penetration is restricted to developed cities and towns only (about 25% of the populate), mobile penetration is roughly 80%.

In the wake of the 2009 South African elections, we have to wonder what happened to the Independent Democrat’s Digital Democracy Forum. SMS text messaging has been used to great effect in these elections to raise awareness and funds for a host of political parties.

Africa is considered an emerging telecommunications market as statistically few people have fixed line telephone and internet access. Cellphone access, however, is something else – in South Africa, there is almost 100% cellphone penetration.

As election fever in South Africa heats up and political parties go all out – singing and dancing in some cases – to win the hearts and minds of voters, the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) is making it easy for South Africans to vote with their wallets through the use of SMS text messages.

More and more often one hears about government and emergency services using SMS notifications to communicate quickly with all the necessary departments involved in a crisis situation.

Innovative real estate agencies are jumping on board the bulk SMS messaging bandwagon and offering prospective property buyers in South Africa an easy way to access information.