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    Tuesday News Roundup: Kongaโ€™s K-Pay Steps out of Skunkworks

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    Bolade Popoola
    9th Jun, 2015
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    Tuesday News Roundup: Kongaโ€™s K-Pay Steps out of Skunkworks

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    Konga has finally launched its proprietary payment method, Konga Pay, two full months (and a week), after TechCabal discovered the product and said just as much. And in South Africa, Zomato now lets us order right from the couchย . Check out these and other stories making the rounds today.

    Konga Pay is now ready to go

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    South Africans may soon begin to place food orders right from their homes on Zomato order

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    Intel’s โ€˜She Will Connectโ€™ wants to equip 5 million female techies by 2020

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    Nailab opens applications for the 6th cycle of its incubation program

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    Appleโ€™s new music streaming service goes live

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    Simbapay’s zero-rate money transfer services extends to Mpesa Paybill

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