{"id":460,"date":"2015-12-01T19:24:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T18:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skateman.nl\/?p=460"},"modified":"2015-12-01T19:24:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T18:24:33","slug":"bbm-goes-viral-in-nigeria-and-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skateman.nl\/index.php\/2015\/12\/01\/bbm-goes-viral-in-nigeria-and-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"BBM goes Viral in Nigeria and South Africa\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.blackberry.com\/2015\/11\/bbm-thriving-in-nigeria-and-south-africa\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skateman.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bbm_africa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>Back in August, I visited South Africa and spent some time with a number of BlackBerry\u2019s mobile operator partners, BBM\u2019s advertising and content partners and some payment providers we were considering for partnership opportunities. 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