Online dating has seen an explosion of new members over the last year from South Africa. why has it taken so long for Africans to come to accept online dating as a realistic option for meeting a parter online?
There are many theories but the most popular is trust. South African’s, women especially seem to be less likely to want to use the internet as a means of finding a parter. There have also been issues with internet speeds in most areas across the country with high speed broadband only just reaching some parts over the last year or so.
South Africans are now adopting online dating as a serious way of finding love or sexual parter online with over a 200% increase in online dating site sign ups over the last 12 months.