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Mobile Instant Messaging Application
This article is about the mobile and social network company. For other uses of 2go, see 2go (disambiguation).
2go Chat – Chatrooms & Dating
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| Developer(s) | 2go Interactive (Pty) Ltd |
| Initial release | 2007 |
| Type | Instant Messenger, Mobile Social Network |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | 2go.im |
2go Interactive (Pty) Ltd is a South African company which operates a mobile social networking app. The company is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
2go was created in 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by a group of University of Witwatersrand computer science students. The service was originally developed as a students-only mobile website intended to function as a communication tool for students.[1] 2go eventually[_when?_] moved away from the students-only model and targeted developing markets in Africa such as Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.[1][2]
By 2018, the app had lost most of its users with suggestions its failure to adapt to the growth of Android was to blame.[3]
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- ^ "2go founders able to spurn investors and ride growth wave". Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ^ "TechNext Series: 4 Failings that Led to the Decline of 2Go - Technext". 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2022-12-29.