2. Overview
• Mobile messenger and social chat application
with 11+ million MAUs across Africa
• Purpose built for mobile users in emerging markets
– Lightweight, nimble app (300kb)
– 1,800+ feature phones (J2ME)
– Custom 2go protocols for data efficiency
• Company
– Self-funded, profitable
– Small world-class development team (16 developers)
– Own messaging protocols and back-end software services
3. Value Proposition
• Instant messaging
• Sharing of photos
• Cross-platform chat to friends on
Facebook and Google Talk
• Chat rooms"
• Meeting virtually"
• Sharing and self-expression
(football, faith, music, health …)"
4. 2go Features Overview
• Free mobile instant messaging
• Sharing of photos and status updates
• 2go Rooms (paid chat rooms):
– Football, Flirt, Music, Health, Games …
• GoCredits virtual currency
– Purchased in-app via premium-SMS
• Google Talk and Facebook chat gateways
• Monetization through chat rooms (80%)
and the 2go Ad Platform (20%)
5. Viral app – no marketing since 2010
Registered
users
42m
Signups
per day
50k
MAUs in
Nigeria
9m
6. 10 Million+ Active Users in Nigeria!
12+
million
monthly
actives
7+
billion
messages
a month
4+
million
users
a day
9 million*
100,000*
1 million*
Kenya
Nigeria
South
Africa
7. 2go reaches nearly all mobile users in Africa
• 2go supports 2000+ phones (J2ME), Nokia S40, Blackberry and Android
• Over 85% of phones in Nigeria are still feature phones
• Your Advertising must communicate with the reality of the mobile market in Nigeria
8. 2go for Android launched June 2013
1,200,000+ downloads with no marketing
550,000 Monthly Active Android users
9. • Young demographic
• Core users aged 19 – 29
• 85% of user are between 18-35 years
• Skews male
• Nigeria: 65% Male
• Ambitious Social’s, Trendies
19#$#23#
24#$#29#
30$#35#
35+#
13#$#18# 10%
44%
31%
10%
5%
2go Nigeria Demographics
11. 2go is a household brand in Nigeria
http://ventureburn.com/2013/07/taking-instant-messaging-to-the-next-level-2go-bread-in-nigeria/
12. 2go Ad Platform
2go drives user uptake for many top-tier
brands and media companies
13. • 2go Ad Offerings:
→ Full Screen Splash Adverts
→ Text Adverts
→ Market Research
• Live detailed reporting and analytics
• Nigeria CPM pricing (splash and text ads):
→ US$4.80 CPM (minimum US$1,000)
• Market research pricing available on request
2go Advertising Platform
5%-10%
CTRs
14. • Users are focused on a full-screen image (Splash)
for 5 seconds each time they open the 2go app
• The Splash is Clickable directly to the brand’s
own mobile website (i.e., outside of the 2go app)
• Click through rates of between 5% and 15%
• Targetable via Age, Gender, State
• Each user will have the various Splash Ads
displayed upto 5 times to them over the weekend
• More than 1 creative may be run at once
Full-screen Splash Advert
15. More than 1 set of
Advertising can be run
at once
17. Text Ad Advertising
• Text ads work well in conjunction with Splash
Advertising
• They offer a text based Ad option to reach
the target market
• Each message is given premium positioning
at the top of the users contact list
• Normal media weighting is 20% Text Ads of
inventory
18. Text Ad
• Users have the option to open the Text Ad
and read further
• A user can then click through to learn
more, via a URL link (to a destination URL
eg Coca-Cola.mobi ) or a Facebook Page
• Click through rates on Text Ads are high
and drive quality targeted traffic.
19. Where would you most like to see adverts?
3800 Nigeria Respondents
TV#
49%#
Paper#
Magazine#
13%#
Billboard#
2%#
2go#
25%#
Facebook#
9%#
Twi;er#
1%#
22. 2go Interactive
The Boulevard Office Park
Searle Street, Woodstock
Cape Town, South Africa
Riccardo – Sales Director Africa
Skype ID: rpasqualotto
Contact: Riccardo@2go.im
+27 829055590
Download the 2go app on your phone at www.2go.im