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{{Infobox website
{{Infobox website
| logo =
| name = Amunzi
| screenshot =
| logo = amunzi logo.jpg
| caption = "It's Africa's Time"
| logo_size = 220px
| url = {{URL|http://amunzi.com/}}
| screenshot = amunzi screenshot.jpg
| screenshot_size = 220px
| type = [[Social networking service]]
| language = Multilingual
| caption = Amunzi Screenshot, 16 March 2013
| registration = Required
| url =
| owner = XyPNET Limited
| type = [[Social networking service]]
| author = [[Tresford Himanansa II]]
| language = Multilingual
| registration = Required
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| launch_date = 24 October 2012
| owner = XyPNET Limited
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| current_status = Active
| author = [[Tresford Himanansa II]]
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| launch_date = {{start date and age|24 October 2012}}
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| current_status = Defunct
}}
}}
'''Amunzi''' is an African based [[Social_networking_service|Social network]] launched on October 24, 2012, owned and operated by XyPNET Limited. The goal of the site is to unite [[Africans]], make it easier for Africans to meet and learn about their different cultures, people, places etc.
'''Amunzi''' was an African-based [[social networking service]] launched on October 24, 2012, owned and operated by XyPNET Limited. The goal of the site was to unite [[African people|Africans]], make it easier for Africans to meet and learn about their different cultures, people, places etc.


Users are required to register before they start using the site, only then can they create personal profiles, add other Amunzi users to their Communities and exchange private messages, update their Boards by sticking blogs, Photos, Music, Links and asking anonymous questions which other users can answer. The site is similar to other social networks in a way that users receive automatic notifications whenever there are updates from their Community members.
Users were required to register before they start using the site, only then can they create personal profiles, add other Amunzi users to their Communities and exchange private messages, update their Boards by sticking blogs, Photos, Music, Links and asking anonymous questions which other users can answer. The site was similar to other social networks in a way that users receive automatic notifications whenever there are updates from their Community members.

The site's name which was coined by Clive Simanansa, the President of Amunzi, originates from a [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] word, “'''Munzi'''” which means Community, Home or Village depending on which context it is being used.<ref name=story>{{Cite news | url=https://www.zambiawatchdog.com/the-story-of-amunzi-the-zambian-social-network/ | title=The story of Amunzi: the Zambian social Network | work=[[Zambian Watchdog]] | date=7 August 2013}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Amunzi was founded by [[Tresford Himanansa II]] in June 2011, in his bedroom at his parents’ home in [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]]. Tresford, an Evelyn Hone College graduate who was President and C.E.O. of Amunzi's parent company XyPNET (a [[software development]], [[web designing]] and [[Web hosting service|hosting company]]), was responsible for all operations of the site and setting the overall direction, product strategy and goals for the website. He led almost the entire design of Amunzi's service and development of its core features, technology as well as infrastructure.
[[File:Tresford Himanansa II.jpg|thumb|Tresford Himanansa II, Amunzi founder and CEO]]


As of June 2012, Amunzi was the third most visited website in Zambia.<ref name=story/>
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Amunzi was founded by [[Tresford Himanansa II]] (born February 4, 1987) in June 2011, in his bedroom at his parents’ home in Ndola. Tresford, an Evelyn Hone College graduate who is the current President and C.E.O. of Amunzi’s parent company XyPNET (a [[software development]], [[web designing]] and [[Web hosting service|hosting company]]), is responsible for all operations of the site and setting the overall direction, product strategy and goals for the website. He is the main man and leads almost the entire design of Amunzi’s service and development of its core features, technology as well as infrastructure. The site’s name which was coined by Clive Simanansa, the current President of Amunzi, originates from a Bantu word, “'''Munzi'''” which means Community, Home or Village depending on which context it is being used<ref>{{cite web|last=Zibani Zambia|title=Zambian version of facebook|url=http://zibanizambia.com/2013/01/10/amunzi-zambian-version-of-facebook/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Indimba|title=A new Social Network, “Amunzi” is Born in Zambia|url=http://www.indimba.com/news_story.php?id=21}}</ref> .

By December 2013, the site had 450,000 users.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201410141577.html | title=Zambia: Tresford, Clive - Zambia's Next Google Geniuses | first=Gethsemane | last=Mwizabi | work=[[AllAfrica]] | date=14 October 2014}}</ref>


==Website==
==Website==
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===Features===
===Features===


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Amunzi had many features common to [[Social networking sites]], such as Photo Sharing, User Groups and many others


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Amunzi has many features common to [[Social networking sites]], such as Photo Sharing, User Groups and many others


* '''Messaging and Multimedia Sharing'''
* '''Messaging and Multimedia Sharing'''
Users can exchange private messages on the site. Users can also share Photos, Videos and Music on the site. A user can upload a song and share it with their Community members, Videos are hot-linked from [[Youtube]] or [[Vimeo]].
Users were able to exchange private messages on the site. Users can also share Photos, Videos and Music on the site. A user was able to upload a song and share it with their Community members, Videos are hot-linked from [[YouTube]] or [[Vimeo]].


* '''Places'''
* '''Places'''
The site has now introduced Places on the site, making it easy for its users to find interesting places as well for Businesses to manage their Presence on the site.
The site featured Places on the site, making it easy for its users to find interesting places as well for Businesses to manage their Presence on the site.


*'''Hot, Cool, Funny, and Sorry Buttons'''
* '''Hot, Cool, Funny, and Sorry Buttons'''
With the understanding that a user will not always Like the content that they see on their boards, Amunzi introduced the Hot, Funny, and Sorry buttons to allow users to express themselves in a more convenient manner on the site. The Hot button is currently only available to Photo Stickers.
With the understanding that a user will not always Like the content that they see on their boards, Amunzi introduced the Hot, Funny, and Sorry buttons to allow users to express themselves in a more convenient manner on the site. The Hot button was only available to Photo Stickers.


* '''Bible'''
* '''Bible'''
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* '''Stickers'''
* '''Stickers'''
Stickers are publicly visible, but Amunzers can restrict the stickers to appear only to selected groups of community members. Users can stick to their Boards via the Amunzi website
Stickers are publicly visible, but Amunzers can restrict the stickers to appear only to selected groups of community members. Users can stick to their Boards via the Amunzi website

* '''Chat'''
* '''Chat'''
Amunzi has chat which allows users to chat with other members. Users can also share files and Play Games like Pool, Chess and many others using Amunzi chat. The site also allows users to save their Conversations to desktop…
Amunzi offered [[online chat]], allowing users to chat with other members. Users can also share files and Play Games like Pool, Chess and many others using Amunzi chat. The site also allowed users to save their Conversations to desktop.


* '''Links'''
* '''Links'''
Amunzi users can share links to other websites on the site…
Amunzi users were able to share links to other websites.


* '''Dictionary'''
* '''Dictionary'''
The site has allowed its users to make textual references for the English words that they do not understand
The site allowed its users to make textual references for the English words that they do not understand


==Languages==
==Languages==
As of April 2013, the website is accessible in 7 different languages (English, Tonga, Bemba, Chewa, Lunda, Lozi and Luvale). The site is set to be available in Swahili to serve all Swahili speaking Nations, like Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and many others.
As of April 2013, the website was accessible in 7 different languages (English, Tonga, Bemba, Chewa, Lunda, Lozi and Luvale). The site is set to be available in Swahili to serve all Swahili speaking Nations, like Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and many others.


==Amunzi Reloaded==
==Amunzi Reloaded==
In 2012, Tresford observed the rise in the number of Features being suggested by the users every day, and after taking some general routines from the structure of the site, he started coding the new Version which he called “Amunzi Reloaded”. On October 24, 2012, he and his team launched Amunzi-reloaded<ref>{{cite web|last=Tech Moron|title=Sampling Zambia’s Social Network|url=http://techmoran.com/2013/01/20/sampling-zambias-social-network-amunzi-launched-in-public-beta/}}</ref>, which came with a Package of better and improved new features.
In 2012, Tresford observed the rise in the number of Features being suggested by the users every day, and after taking some general routines from the structure of the site, he started coding the new Version which he called “Amunzi Reloaded”. On October 24, 2012, he and his team launched Amunzi-reloaded,<ref>{{cite web|last=Tech Moron|title=Sampling Zambia’s Social Network|url=http://techmoran.com/2013/01/20/sampling-zambias-social-network-amunzi-launched-in-public-beta/}}</ref> which came with a Package of better and improved new features.


==Third Party Login==
==Third party login==
Amunzi users can login and make and create an Amunzi profile using their existing [[Facebook]] accounts.
Amunzi users were able to login and make and create an Amunzi profile using their existing [[Facebook]] accounts.


==Privacy and Security==
==Privacy and security==
To mollify concerns about the users, Amunzi in their new website allows its users to control who can view their profiles, Stick on their Boards, inbox them as well as who can see them in search results, through their Privacy Settings.
To mollify concerns about the users, Amunzi allowed its users to control who can view their profiles, Stick on their Boards, inbox them as well as who can see them in search results, through their Privacy Settings.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Zambia]]
[[Category:Social networking services]]
[[Category:Defunct social networking services]]
[[Category:Social networks]]

Latest revision as of 01:12, 18 November 2021

Amunzi
Amunzi Screenshot, 16 March 2013
Type of site
Social networking service
Available inMultilingual
OwnerXyPNET Limited
Created byTresford Himanansa II
RegistrationRequired
Launched24 October 2012; 12 years ago (24 October 2012)
Current statusDefunct

Amunzi was an African-based social networking service launched on October 24, 2012, owned and operated by XyPNET Limited. The goal of the site was to unite Africans, make it easier for Africans to meet and learn about their different cultures, people, places etc.

Users were required to register before they start using the site, only then can they create personal profiles, add other Amunzi users to their Communities and exchange private messages, update their Boards by sticking blogs, Photos, Music, Links and asking anonymous questions which other users can answer. The site was similar to other social networks in a way that users receive automatic notifications whenever there are updates from their Community members.

The site's name which was coined by Clive Simanansa, the President of Amunzi, originates from a Bantu word, “Munzi” which means Community, Home or Village depending on which context it is being used.[1]

History

[edit]

Amunzi was founded by Tresford Himanansa II in June 2011, in his bedroom at his parents’ home in Ndola, Zambia. Tresford, an Evelyn Hone College graduate who was President and C.E.O. of Amunzi's parent company XyPNET (a software development, web designing and hosting company), was responsible for all operations of the site and setting the overall direction, product strategy and goals for the website. He led almost the entire design of Amunzi's service and development of its core features, technology as well as infrastructure.

As of June 2012, Amunzi was the third most visited website in Zambia.[1]

By December 2013, the site had 450,000 users.[2]

Website

[edit]

Features

[edit]

Amunzi had many features common to Social networking sites, such as Photo Sharing, User Groups and many others

  • Messaging and Multimedia Sharing

Users were able to exchange private messages on the site. Users can also share Photos, Videos and Music on the site. A user was able to upload a song and share it with their Community members, Videos are hot-linked from YouTube or Vimeo.

  • Places

The site featured Places on the site, making it easy for its users to find interesting places as well for Businesses to manage their Presence on the site.

  • Hot, Cool, Funny, and Sorry Buttons

With the understanding that a user will not always Like the content that they see on their boards, Amunzi introduced the Hot, Funny, and Sorry buttons to allow users to express themselves in a more convenient manner on the site. The Hot button was only available to Photo Stickers.

  • Bible

Users can read and share the bible with their community members and save memory verses. Searching for verses is simplified as members can find verses they do not remember by searching for a particular sentence. Members can also compare verses from different bibles.

  • Stickers

Stickers are publicly visible, but Amunzers can restrict the stickers to appear only to selected groups of community members. Users can stick to their Boards via the Amunzi website

  • Chat

Amunzi offered online chat, allowing users to chat with other members. Users can also share files and Play Games like Pool, Chess and many others using Amunzi chat. The site also allowed users to save their Conversations to desktop.

  • Links

Amunzi users were able to share links to other websites.

  • Dictionary

The site allowed its users to make textual references for the English words that they do not understand

Languages

[edit]

As of April 2013, the website was accessible in 7 different languages (English, Tonga, Bemba, Chewa, Lunda, Lozi and Luvale). The site is set to be available in Swahili to serve all Swahili speaking Nations, like Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and many others.

Amunzi Reloaded

[edit]

In 2012, Tresford observed the rise in the number of Features being suggested by the users every day, and after taking some general routines from the structure of the site, he started coding the new Version which he called “Amunzi Reloaded”. On October 24, 2012, he and his team launched Amunzi-reloaded,[3] which came with a Package of better and improved new features.

Third party login

[edit]

Amunzi users were able to login and make and create an Amunzi profile using their existing Facebook accounts.

Privacy and security

[edit]

To mollify concerns about the users, Amunzi allowed its users to control who can view their profiles, Stick on their Boards, inbox them as well as who can see them in search results, through their Privacy Settings.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "The story of Amunzi: the Zambian social Network". Zambian Watchdog. 7 August 2013.
  2. ^ Mwizabi, Gethsemane (14 October 2014). "Zambia: Tresford, Clive - Zambia's Next Google Geniuses". AllAfrica.
  3. ^ Tech Moron. "Sampling Zambia's Social Network".
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