Here are the stories from the African tech space for the day:
Vodacom Rolls out Voice Call on 4G LTE in South Africa
Vodacom has finally enabled the VoLTE functionality on its 4G network in South Africa. Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones users are the only beneficiaries for now though.
NollyLand is now available in US and Canada Via Roku
The African movie streaming service, NollyLand has extended its services to the digital video player, Roku. The service is available to Roku subscribers in the US and Canada.
The online retail platform, Jumia has opened its Senegal operations.
Star Music app Aggregates Music Entertainment
The Nigerian Star lager beer company, has launched Star Music- an entertainment app that allow users stream and download songs performed by Nigerian artists at no cost. It curates news on the Nigerian music scene, lyrics, pre release tracks, videos and the likes.
Abdallah Khamis has been Onboarded on Airtel Kenya
Airtel Kenya has announced the appointment of Abdallah Khamis as its Commercial Director.
AIF will Give Away $150,000 to Three from the Ten Nominees
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) announced the 10 nominees for the fourth edition of its Innovation Prize for Africa Awards (IPA) which are now also in contention for the grand share prize of US$150 000.
In case you missed it:
iROKOtv’s New Channels on StarTimes could Steal some of Africa Magic’s Magic
iROKOtv in partnership with African pay TV operator, StarTimes has birth two new channels ‘iROKO Play’ and ‘iROKO plus’ on the Statimes platform. The two channels will air only Nollywood content.
Elsewhere on the web:
MultiChoice Africa has new CEO
Tim Jacobs formerly the chief financial officer of MultiChoice is the new CEO after his predecessor, Nico Meyer left the company on “personal reasons”.
Abraaj Raises $990m Sub-Saharan Africa Private Equity Fund
Growth market investor the Abraaj Group has announced it has closed its third dedicated Sub-Saharan Africa private equity fund at US$990 million.
