The most popular app in South Africa was WhatsApp Messenger, with 58 percent of South African mobile phone owners using the app as of February 2020. Taxi-hailing app Uber was ranked second with a 50 percent reach among mobile audiences.

What is the most popular app in Africa?

The most popular app in South Africa was WhatsApp Messenger, with 58 percent of South African mobile phone owners using the app as of February 2020. Taxi-hailing app Uber was ranked second with a 50 percent reach among mobile audiences.

What is the Namola app?

Namola is a free crime response app that allows users to share their GPS co-ordinates, name and nature of the emergency with a 24/7 response call centre. For genuine alerts, police, other emergency response teams and citizen responders are then dispatched and monitored.

Can I use WhatsApp in South Africa?

The most popular app in South Africa was WhatsApp Messenger, with 58 percent of South African mobile phone owners using the app as of February 2020.

Who started Namola?

Craig Rivett The founder of Namola, Craig Rivett, told POST the app was initially piloted under a different model in Tshwane in 2015.

Is there an app to track ambulances?

The app provides an easy and accurate tracking of the ambulances and can, therefore, help in the isolation of infected patients. The app is written in JAVA and is created using Android Studio. It has been successfully tested in many Android devices (Table 1).