One of the lessons of American cowboy movies about the wild, wild west is simply that the man with the fastest finger…wins. That rhetoric is about to playout in South Africa as Naspers is already slithering into the relatively scanty broadband VOD market, while Netflix is still planning to pull the trigger. Furthermore, Nigeria’s Nollywood ace filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, goes for the jugular of movie pirates.
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It’s Showdown as Naspers is Set to Eyeball Netflix
Internet and media group, Naspers, is launching a Video on Demand (VOD) service next week in Johannesburg while Netflix is still planning to enter the South African market.
Tunde Kelani Launches Web Tv Platform
One of Nigeria’s avante-garde Nollywood producers has launched a Web TV platform aimed at disrupting activities of pirates that prey on Nollywood content.
The Amazon Has Extended to South Africa
American e-commerce and cloud computing company, Amazon, has opened a new office in Johannesburg, for its cloud-computing services, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Twitter Removes Cap on 140 DM Character Limit
The micro-blogging platform has officially scrapped the 140 character limit on DMs; however, this will not affect public tweets –sorry.
Konga Set to Shift the ‘Mercury’ With Logistics Management for SMEs
Online shopping mall, Konga, is set to launch Mercury, a logistics management system for any Nigerian SME that is interested in running a logistics business.
MEST Presents African Tech Summit 2015 in Ghana
Seed fund and incubator for African entrepreneurs, MEST, has announced their African Tech Summit for 2015 aimed at bringing together stakeholders shaping the African technological ecosystem.
MTN Sponsors 18th Edition of Highway Africa Conference
The conference, which will bring African Journalists all over the world together to discuss advances in the profession, will be sponsored by the MTN Group.
Four Startups Have Been Selected for the #PitchVinny Event
Silicon Cape, a regional ICT networking firm and organizer of the #PitchVinny event has selected four startups to pitch at the event and a chance to win $4000.
Ghana’s iSpace will Host Science Hack Day From August 16-17
It’s an all weekend Affair as iSpace, a Ghanaian incubator, will be organizing a two-day hackathon tagged Science Hack Day in Accra Ghana.
Airshop Wins Abidjan Edition of 2015 Seedstars World Tour
Airshop, a duty-free marketplace that allows users preorder goods and pick it up while travelling, has emerged winner of the Seedstars World startup pitch event.
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