East Africa: Sembuse: East Africa’s first mobile social network

For 15% of the cost of a normal 160 character SMS message in Kenya you can now send one with 1000 characters in it. Sembuse is a mobile social network. It’s a way for East Africans to connect with each other via short messaging, cheaper than normal SMS messages (much like it’s counterpart Mxit in South Africa). It’s a new release by Symbiotic, a Kenyan firm that specializes in making mobile phone related applications.