Opera has announced the launch of its chat service Hype, built into the Opera Mini mobile web browser, in South Africa, Zambia and Ghana. With the introduction, Opera users can access a more personalised and engaging browsing experience, with chatting, surfing and sharing not compromised by speed or data use constrictions.
The Hype chat service is built into a mobile browser, allowing users to easily set up an account and start chatting with secure end-to-end encryption. Hype was first launched in 2021 in Kenya as a pilot market. It has so far recorded 400,000 activations and more than 10,000 invites to join Hype per day.
Opera has partnered with leading carriers in South Africa, Zambia and Ghana. Users of Opera Mini and Cell C in South Africa, MTN in Zambia and Vodafone or MTN in Ghana can activate the free data anytime by opening the Feedback Bot in Hype, sending “Unlock my free data” in chat, then clicking the link in the reply message. The free mobile data will be activated when the page is loaded.
