Thursday Roundup: Google Pays Tribute to Beethoven, Konga Partners With Multichoice

It’s Ludwig van Beethoven’s baptism anniversary today. Because no one really knows his birthday. He’s badass like that. Also, today, Konga and Multichoice announced a partnership that allows Multichoice subscribers to make payments with KongaPay.

What else did we report today?

Happy Birthday, Beethoven. Love, Google.

Google has built a great game to celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 245th anniversary.

Konga Is Partnering With Multichoice To Do Subscription Payments Via Konga Pay

KongaPay comes with a 5% discount on every fee.

Register For The 2016 Tech-I Global Competition

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the U.S. Department of State are taking applications for the 2016 GIST Tech-I competition.

OkHi Raises $750k Funding In A Seed Round Led By Garage Capital

The funding is from a group of local and international investors, led by early-stage venture capital fund Garage Capital based in Silicon Valley.

Spinlet Is Venturing Into User-Defined Music With Spinlet Inspire

Spinlet Inspire is dedicated to “family-friendly, inspirational songs with non-explicit lyrics, and gospel tracks.”

Have You Been Good? Social Lender Gives You Loans Based On Your Social Media Rep

The lending service was developed by the Lagos-based IT company, BinCom. It is targeted at Nigerian banks and allows them create a community where users can access soft loans based on their social media reputation.

Here’s A Quick One: Padi.Ng Promises To Deliver Your Orders In 90 Minutes

Padi.ng, an ecommerce website that aggregates inventories of partner stores, is promising to get users’ orders to their location within I hour, 30 minutes.

More Kenyans Are Embracing Smart Devices As Their Main Source Of Video Entertainment

TV may be the primary source for video entertainment in Kenya, but a report by Ericsson shows that watching video on demand using smart devices is catching up fast.