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M4JAM is a micro-jobbing platform that empowers the under and unemployed people of South Africa.
Our online platform allows for people to earn money, purchase goods and services and up-skill themselves through micro-jobbing and micro-module learning.
Anyone with a fully GPS enabled smartphone is able to join our 170 000 plus community, tasked with completing micro-jobs and micro-modules in exchange for payment and rewards.
Jobs generally take less than 10min to complete and pay-out anything between R5 and R100 each.
Our online platform allows for people to earn money, purchase goods and services and up-skill themselves through micro-jobbing and micro-module learning.
Anyone with a fully GPS enabled smartphone is able to join our 170 000 plus community, tasked with completing micro-jobs and micro-modules in exchange for payment and rewards.
Jobs generally take less than 10min to complete and pay-out anything between R5 and R100 each.
Overview
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2014
Mentions in press and media 23
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| Feb 17, 2017 | 17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| Feb 17, 2017 | 17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| Jun 9, 2016 | M4JAM name revived more than three months after collapse | |
| Dec 11, 2015 | WeChat to invest $3.4M in start-ups in Africa | Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new... |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Стартапы в Африке — специфика рынка, проблемы и потребности пользователей | Роман Чигирев, PR-менеджер компании-разработчика «Студия Михаила Кечинова», написал для vc.ru обзор особенностей «черного континента», которые нужно знать, прежде чем создавать технологический стартап для африканских стран. Две главные черт... |
| Dec 8, 2015 | WeChat Plans To Invest $3.4M In Early-Stage African Startups | China’s largest messaging app will invest 50 million rand (about $3.4 million USD) in African startups. WeChat said in a blog post that will work with Cape Town tech strategy firm Batstone to find promising early-stage companies. Earlier th... |
| Dec 2, 2015 | Hello African Startup, need money? WeChat’s $3.5m fund to the rescue | Share this article: Fast rising instant messaging platform WeChat recently announced the roll out of a R50 million seed fund for startups in the mobile space. That roughly translates to about £3.5 million (or ₦695 million) and is really big... |
| Nov 26, 2015 | The Many Ways Of WeChat: How Messaging Is Eating The World | Edith Yeung Contributor Edith Yeung is a partner at 500 Mobile Collective. More posts by this contributor How Uber Scaled The Great Wall, Or 5 Tips For Acquiring Mobile Users In China In February 2011, I visited my friend Bill Huang who wor... |
| Sep 7, 2015 | WeChat really wants you to understand what it’s all about | Connie Chan, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, took a deep-dive into China’s mobile messaging platform WeChat in early August. The longish blog posting attempts to peel back the layers, to dissect the internals, of the ... |
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FAQ about M4JAM
When was M4JAM founded?
M4JAM was founded in 2014.
What has the press written about M4JAM?
Parsers VC has collected 23 articles mentioning M4JAM, among them “17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update]” (Feb 17, 2017) and “17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update]” (Feb 17, 2017).
Is M4JAM still active?
Yes, M4JAM is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 4, 2020.