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OP-ED - WhatsApp's global dominance and Africa's tech evolution—a 2024 reflection

OP-ED - WhatsApp's global dominance and Africa's tech evolution—a 2024 reflection

From WhatsApp eating the world to Ethiopian developers' quiet brilliance, Andile Masuku reflects on how big global tech and Africa's diverse tech cultures are reshaping our digital future.

65: Will Facebook's OpenCellular Crush BRCK?

65: Will Facebook's OpenCellular Crush BRCK?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Last week, the global digital behemoth that is Facebook announced that they’ll be rolling out the OpenCellular system worldwide. OpenCellular is said to be an inexpensive, weather-resistant and fully customisable platform that will be able to serve as a

44: #FreeBasicsMustFall

44: #FreeBasicsMustFall

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Facebook is still smarting from having Free Basics kicked out of India. Clearly no one was more upset by India’s emphatic rejection of Mark Zuckerberg’s walled garden project than venture capitalist and Facebook board member, Marc Andreessen, who

38: Musa Kalenga & Kali Ilunga Get You, Digital Africans, Pumped Up For 2016

38: Musa Kalenga & Kali Ilunga Get You, Digital Africans, Pumped Up For 2016

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Happy New Year! The African Tech Round-up team is only one week away from being back on strike to bring you the most important digital, tech and innovation news from across the African continent. This week though, we round off

30: DealDey Reportedly Sacks 60% of Its WorkForce

30: DealDey Reportedly Sacks 60% of Its WorkForce

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 With so few high-flying start-up successes in Africa’s tech eco-system, one has to wonder just how alarmed we should get when word of job cuts and other such cost-cutting measures start to dominate headlines. After all, this sort of

25: Volkswagen Up In Smoke As The South African Government Investigates

25: Volkswagen Up In Smoke As The South African Government Investigates

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 In what is arguably the largest cybercrime scandal affecting cars to date, Volkswagen has admitted to installing software in some of their diesel-powered cars to give out false emission data results during tests. This scandal affects their other brands like

22: "Cashflow Rules Everything Around Me" Alludes iROKOtv's Jason Njoku

22: "Cashflow Rules Everything Around Me" Alludes iROKOtv's Jason Njoku

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Launching a start-up in Africa is not for the faint-hearted. Very few promising ventures - even those that achieve solid traction, can expect to land Silicon Valley type investment offers that might allow a founder the liberty to concentrate solely

12: Net Neutrality Conundrum

12: Net Neutrality Conundrum

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 As concerns continue to be raised over the potential threat to Net Neutrality posed by Facebook's aggressive roll-out of its Internet.org platform, South African telecoms operator, Telkom is proving that the public's growing distrust of

11: Video Streaming Stuttering In Africa?

11: Video Streaming Stuttering In Africa?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 The race is still on to discover the formula for successfully distributing digital content in Africa. In a recent blogpost, Jason Njoku, the outspoken founder of iROKOTV, announced that his company would soon retire the desktop version of their platform

8: Is This The Worst Internet Censorship Law Ever?

8: Is This The Worst Internet Censorship Law Ever?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 The internet is undoubtedly the untamed "wild west" of the modern technological age. To counteract the malicious threats that lie in wait for innocent users of the web (on and offline), South Africa's Film and Publication

2: Does Diversity Matter?

2: Does Diversity Matter?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 It’s Monday! Be sure to listen right through to the end of this week’s African Tech Round-up podcast to hear Tefo Mohapi and Andile Masuku debate the role of diversity in Africa’s tech industry– and business in