For long there was no real statistics about local Twitter usage except for where we ranked in the world, but a company called Fuseware has changed that.

Fuseware has profiled millions of tweets and thousands of local Twitter users during March and April 2010 to help us better understand the local South African Twitter user.

According to Fuseware there are 55000 active Twitter users in South Africa with about 1.5 million tweets being sent each month. Twitter is currently South Africa’s 7th most visited site with 4.5% of all local sites referencing content from Twitter.

South African Twitter users mostly tweet during 7AM and 12PM daily and also at night between 7 and 8PM. The most popular days to tweet is Tuesdays and Fridays with weekends being less active than during the week.

Most of South African Twitter users are located in Cape Town with Johannesburg following closely. It is clear that tweeting is confined to developed cities and Information Technology hubs, while users in cities like Pretoria, East London and Port Elizabeth does not take that much interest in the social networking platform.

For a detailed presentation on the state of the South African Twittersphere check out the Fuseware South African Twitter Report here.

You can follow me on Twitter here.

Fashion Evolutions the company well known for their role in the development of crowdsourcing in South Africa with Springleap has brought eKomi, an advanced online customer feedback service, to South Africa.

eKomi allows online businesses to showcase their customers’ views and and ratings publicly, which has proven to increase conversion rates by 25%.

eKomi is a first for Africa, eKomi will ensure that no fictitious feedback and manipulation are submitted and will only allow customers that has gone through the transaction process to submit feedback and reviews.

Eran Eyal, Springleap co-founder said “We are very excited to be spearheading this joint venture forward in South Africa and surrounding regions with what has become THE standard of certification of authentic customer experiences in the industry across Europe.” Eyal also added “South African institutions will benefit immensely from having customer feedback with a premium level of certification and authenticity. The uptake is sure to be swift and ubiquitous. Simultaneously, the eKomi certification standard affords the customer a never before experienced level of surety and comfort. Knowing that any institution carrying this prestigious standard deals with clients in a transparent and trustworthy manner and that their ratings are authentic.”

eKomi comes in 3 different packages each with one month free trial.

Orders exceeding the monthly allowed are charged at R190 ex Vat per 200.

For more information about eKomi and how to obtain it for your brand visit the eKomi website.

The question now remains will eKomi give current customer feedback system Hello Peter a run for its money? Up until now businesses did not have any option but to use Hello Peter for their customer feedback and reviews, but now with eKomi they have a choice. eKomi seems to have more control to avoid fictitious and manipulated feedback and reviews, and their prices doesn’t seem to bad either.

Director: Jon Favreau Screenplay: Justin Theroux Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson Time: 124min Age Restriction: 10LV

Genre:
Action

Summary Review:
Iron Man 2 is a sleek sequel that is good fun and continues to set the Iron Man character apart as a one-of-a-kind superhero.

Synopsis:
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has revealed himself to be Iron Man. The mystique surrounding the superhero is therefore vanishing fast and Stark is being ordered to hand the Iron Man suit over to the government.

There is also a disgruntled Russian inventor (Mickey Rourke) with a grudge against Stark, who has a few dangerous high-tech toys of his own.

Iron Man 2 is not as long as the original film, which makes the action all the more enjoyable. The special effects and taut humour do not disappoint, with a few cheesy one-liners thrown in for good measure.

Although the plot’s flow is a bit clumsy, Iron Man 2 moves at such a pace that you hardly notice it. All the familiar faces are matched by a host of new characters and Scarlett Johansson is swelteringly hot as the Black Widow.

Iron Man 2 is an expectedly perfect sequel, so don’t miss out on the movie that all your friends are going to be talking about for the next few weeks.