” [Providing services to Africa] is a large step for us as a company due to the explosive growth of the African mobile market. We are very well positioned to deploy our solutions for any requirement in this territory. txtNation’s global experience in mobile solutions is helping realise the potential of one of the largest broadcasting and mobile entertainment markets in the world. We are looking forward to expanding in this region over the coming months.”
Michael Whelan, Director, txtNation.

Overview
On the continent of Africa we currently provide mobile services to networks in Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana.

Quick Facts

• Nigeria has 13,316,597 subscribers (10.56% penetration) and four main networks.
• South Africa has 27,444,000 subscribers and three main networks.
• Ghana has 3,035,245 subscribers (20% penetration) and three main networks.

Recent projects
txtNation supply an interactive SMS service to Africa’s leading music show, The411 and the urban daily culture show O-Bama. We supply them with cutting-edge mobile services, including SMS dedications and on-screen shout-outs and comments -- direct from viewers’ phones.

Big Brother is one of the leading broadcast brands in the world, showing at prime time in nearly 70 countries around the world. txtNation have partnered with Nigeria’s M-Net television network to produce interactive services for their Big Brother season. txtNation empowers Africa’s most populous country to vote for contestants, access exclusive content and participate with studio guests and other viewers.

PlayTV is one of the largest interactive television channels in the world, reaching 47 million households. PlayTV provides African television audiences with an entirely new format, offering interactive viewer participation. In addition to regular entertainment programming, the channel provides gaming, news, contests, bidding and shopping, with viewers participating in real time through SMS, email and chat.

txtNation is a growing presence in Africa, bringing creative and technological solutions to an increasingly lucrative mobile market.

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