Meet the Gators
Hi there and Happy Friday 
Here at the GatorPen, we’ve been a very busy bunch lately. And it’s our three babies that have been keeping us awake at night, up early in the morning and scratching our heads trying to figure out what’s wrong with them. We figured that now would be a great opportunity to introduce the Afrigator team to all the gators out in Africa (and the rest of the world). But first, let me introduce you to our babies..
Afrigator
The oldest of three, Afrigator has grown from a tiny gator to the biggest social media aggregator in Africa. What that fancy title means is that we collect (or aggregate) blogs, videos, images, tweets and peeps from all over Africa and put it all in one easy to use location. With close to 10,000 members, we must be doing something right!
Adgator
Adgator is the awkward middle child but often needs to act like big sister and give Afrigator pocket money. Adgator is a blog advertising network helping bloggers to make money from their blogs. Right now Adgator is grounded and can only play in South Africa, but she’ll be let out to the rest of Africa soon.
GatorPeeps
The pip squeak in the family, GatorPeeps is Africa’s first micro blogging platform. A real chatterbox, GatorPeeps allows all Afrigator users to communicate, share ideas and thoughts and just generally just get along. A very personable Gator, Peeps is easy to use, especially if you already have an Afrigator account.
Right, now that you know the family, let’s meet the team
Who lives in the Gator Pen?
Justin (@justinhartman)
Justin (along with Mike Stopforth and Mark Forrester) started Afrigator back in 2007. He’s a real man’s geek who plays cricket, loves football and is crazy about his two little boys Ben and Luke. As the MD, Justin is also the bean counter in the bunch and he makes sure that we have enough cash for coffee and cool new toys (or that we know who to hustle when the java runs low).
Stii (@stii)
It’s said that Stii is part human, part percolator and part mobile phone. Whatever the case, Stii is the main gator when it comes to making gator tick technologically. He joined just after Afrigator was formed and hasn’t left since. If something’s not working on Afrigator, Stii’s the guy who’s going to get it working again. He also comes up with cool new things to add every day. Well almost every day.
Lester (@lesterhein)
The CommuniGator of the office, Lester is responsible for blog posts, PR, mushy journalist stuff and anything else that sounds vaguely official coming from Afrigator. He’s also the product and support manager (or babysitter) for the three Gator kids and does cool help videos like this. So, if you need any help, drop him a mail to support@afrigator.com and he’ll get it sorted quick as a flash ( warning – we sometimes experience very long flashes here at the GatorPen).
Mamello (@mamello)
At the office we call him Mum’z The Money Man. Okay, not really, but as Sales manager for Afrigator and Adgator, he’s responsible for making sure we can afford the coffee mentioned earlier. He’s also the funniest dude in the office, which makes sense since he’s a passionate comedian in his (very limited) spare time.
Adele (@adelezev)
The newest addition to the team, Adele works with Stii on the techie side of things. Her desk is like a mad scientist’s lab brimming with new ideas for Afrigator that we can’t wait to tell you about once they’re built. She’s bubbly, friendly and probably likes long walks on the beach, though we haven’t asked.
Well, now that you know the family and the team a little better, I hope that we’ll be hearing from YOU a bit more.
Till next, keep on blogging!
The Afrigator Team
P.S – don’t forget to check out the daily features on the Afrigator blog.
Finding new friends has never been this easy. Search for a name, email address or even blog URL and we’ll bring up a list of people that you can connect with. You’ll be surprised at how easy it really is to connect with other peeps!
Directly below the update box you’ll notice a button called “Friends Blogposts”. This button allows you to toggle between your friend’s peeps and their latest blog posts so you can keep track with what they’re blogging about.
