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    Tuesday RoundUp: Mobile Money On The Rise In Africa, Kenya’s Communications Authority Vs. ADN

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    Gbenga Onalaja
    17th Feb, 2015
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    Tuesday RoundUp: Mobile Money On The Rise In Africa, Kenya’s Communications Authority Vs. ADN

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    This is what the African tech space looks like today:

    Sub-Sahara Mobile Money Market May Earn $1.5 Billion By 2019

    Deployment of mobile financial services is on the rise in Africa. It is why mobile money providers may earn an estimated $1.5 billion in fees by 2019.

    Kenya’s Communications Authority Takes A Stick To ADN’s Shut-down

    Kenya’s African Digital Network and it’s members went off air on February 14th, 2015. The country’s Communications Authority is saying the network now stands the risk of losing its license.

    Mobile Money At 53% Penetration In Uganda

    The mobile money utilization in the East-Central African country of Uganda has accelerated unprecedentedly –and may surpass expectation.

    Samsung’s Smart School Launches In Senegal

    Smart School has launched in Senegal after similar services have launched in 6 other African countries. The mobile education solution aimed at providing advanced and interactive classroom experience for Senegalese students.

    Gauteng Is Moving Towards Renewable Energy

    Gauteng is a South African province looking towards renewable energy to take the pressure off the struggling national energy grid.

    Solo View Is The App That Allows Nigerians Buy Hollywood Movies For N200 to N350 a Pop

    Users can also buy and download movies via the Android app.

    Road Rules To Exhibit At Apps World Conference, Germany

    Before you ease into the Zimbabwean traffic, you may want to check out the Road Rules. The app is designed to allow individuals familiarize with the Zimbabwean road rules, before taking an official drivers license exam. It will be on exhibition at the Apps World conference this April.

    Africa 188’s InfoMoby Launches In Uganda

    InfoMoby will extract business information in categories and makes it easier for users to find business information, hours of operation, websites and physical addresses.

    MoneyGram Kenya, Safaricom Partners for Strategic Expansion

    MoneyGram Kenya’s agreement with Safaricom, will enable consumers in more than 90 countries outside Kenya to send funds directly to nearly 20 million customers of M-PESA, a Kenyan mobile wallet provider.

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    Interswitch Launches $10,000,000 E-Payment Startup Fund

    E-payment processing company, Interswitch has launched a $10 million for e-payment startups.

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