Global lockdown boosts Kiwi fitness app

Global lockdown boosts Kiwi fitness app
Victoria Young
A world under lockdown has driven enormous revenue growth for one Kiwi start-up, which says it received as much revenue in April as it had for the 12 months before that. While My Virtual Mission founder Adam El-Agez won’t say how much money that is, the one-man company has hired its first employee and now intends to take on two more.The mobile fitness app allows people to virtually walk the length of the North Island, the Inca Trail or Route 66 and take on other physical challenges.Users pick a mission and the app tracks their journe...

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