South Africa’s VOD service, Wabona announced today that it was closing shop. No one saw it coming and Wabona gave no reason why, but it does appear the heat in that space is beginning to melt some players away. Meanwhile, Barclays Africa wants to accelerate African financial and health tech startups.
Check out other stories that made the rounds across the African tech ecosystem.
Wabona Closes Shop
South Africa’s VOD provider, Wabona, has packed up and didn’t give any reason for its decision.
Barclays Opens Applications for its Tech Lab Africa Accelerator Programme
Barclays Africa, South African subsidiary of Barclays, has partnered with Think Rise Africa to launch an accelerator for FinTech and HealthTech startups in Africa.
First Codery Introduces ‘Kids Can Code’ Summer Camp
First Codery, Nigeria’s first open code kids’ nursery, is organising a coding summer camp for children between the ages of 4 – 12 years.
NEC Invests in XON to Boost its African Presence
Japanese IT service provider, NEC, has announced an investment in the sub-saharan ICT group, XON, to boost its presence in Africa.
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Why Stand in line When You can Pay Online
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Nigerian companies just need to shut up…or not
Nigerian companies that have presence on social media need to educate their customer service personnel to abstain from using the following words.
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NEFon the lookout for Young Tech Ambassadors in Africa, Apply now
The search has already begun for the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) for 54 Ambassadors across Africa, to be part of the NEF Global Gathering next year.
StarTimes Slashes Prices of its Set Top Boxes by 44% Ahead of Obama
Pay Television firm StarTimes has slashed prices of its set top boxes by ahead of President Obama’s visit this weekend and ahead of the BUNDESLIGA matches.
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