It’s 9am. Or it was, when we wrote this. If you’re still wondering what it is, it’s a collection of the most interesting news in African technology this morning. This is a thing, by the way. We’ve named ourselves the Managing Editors of the African Internet space, and every (week)day at 9am, and 4pm (GMT+1), we’ll bring you only the most interesting things in African technology. Here goes nothing.
What’s interesting today?
There’s a Netflix + Internet Service Provider + VoIP Hybrid called Legend.ng. The second I found out about it, I had questions. And cat puns. And Deadpool memes. Link.
Techpoint reports that Rwanda is introducing smart buses that use a cashless payment system. The first set has been launched in Kigali. If you’d been subscribed to our newsletter, you’d have found out about this at least a week ago, but…Link.
Someone in South Africa built a dating app called Wango that forces men to swear they’ll be on their best behaviour. They are calling it a “woman-centred approach”. Link.
Nokia and Vodacom have joined forces to launch 4G LTE services in Tanzania. Link.
Healthcare in Uganda is now only one call away. The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG) has set up a 24-hour free call centre where patients can contact doctors through calls, texts, WhatsApp and Facebook messages. Link.
Testathon, a hackathon for professional testers, is coming to Cape Town on June 24, and Lagos on June 26. Intending testers who qualify will be testing Facebook products. Link, and for the developers amongst us, Link.
Tom from DisruptAfrica features Innovate Accelerator, a 10-week long accelerator program for Somalian tech startups. Link.
Uber drivers and their metered cab counterparts are at war. South Africa’s Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport has decided to intervene in the matter. Disruption doesn’t look pretty. Link.
Mark Essien is visiting Silicon Valley soon. Follow him on Snapchat to get a load of it.
That’s all folks.
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Osarumen and Tola.
