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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

24: What's The Big Fuss About Apple Ad Blockers?

24: What's The Big Fuss About Apple Ad Blockers?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 As avid consumers of new media, it’s hard not to love the ad blocking features Apple has worked into iOS9, and the clever ad blocking apps that are selling like hotcakes on mobile app stores everywhere. But content publishers

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

20: What Defines An African Startup?

20: What Defines An African Startup?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Back in Episode 3 of the African Tech Round-up we asked the question: “What is a startup?” A lively discussion ensued— inspired by an eloquent piece written by David Adamo Jr, a Nigerian Computer Science PhD student at the University

18: Scary Software Upgrades

18: Scary Software Upgrades

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Microsoft certainly got millions of people excited a while ago when they announced that their latest version of Windows would be free. However, Windows users in most of Africa have begun to balk at the "not-so-free" implications of

16: Hackathon Hype Or Help?

16: Hackathon Hype Or Help?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 You know it’s a slow news week when the week’s biggest news involves the CEO and the CFO of South African telecoms firm, Neotel, going on leave. Granted, it is “special leave”. Be that as it may, broadly

15: What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You?

15: What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Think back to high school. Remember how the new dude always got all the girls whispering, or how the new girl got all the boys trying to walk her home? Now, if the newbie rolled into town with discernible signs

10: Game Over For Startup Seed Funds?

10: Game Over For Startup Seed Funds?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Nigeria's "company that builds companies", Spark, announced last week its plans to drop some startups it invested in. This announcement comes just a week after 88mph's notice that it will be "taking a

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

6: Bitcoin and the Blockchain: Worth Embracing?

6: Bitcoin and the Blockchain: Worth Embracing?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 There seems to be three prevailing views on Bitcoin and the blockchain: 1. That it's a scam, 2. It's one of the most fascinating technological developments of the decade, and 3. It's just another

4: Are Tech and Innovation Hubs in Africa Effective?

4: Are Tech and Innovation Hubs in Africa Effective?

🟢 CLICK HERE to subscribe to the African Tech Roundup Podcast 🟢 Tech and innovation hubs are all the rage in Africa at the moment. With reportedly as many as 150 in existence from Cape to Cairo, these organisations are undoubtedly “da flava” in donor funding terms. However, it seems that the

1: Introducing The African Tech Round-up Podcast

1: Introducing The African Tech Round-up Podcast

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] We're really excited to share the first African Tech Round-up podcast with all of you. Every Monday, co-hosts, Tefo Mohapi [http://twitter.com/tefomohapi] (iAfrikan Executive Editor & Tech Entrepreneur) and Andile