Publiseer Crosses 1.5 Million Music Streams Across Digital Stores 30 Jul 2018 The musical artists at Publiseer are currently celeberating, following the digital content distribution company’s giant leap in the business of distributing and monetizing the works of great musical artists in Africa. The music aggregator have recently released its subscription streaming numbers in excess of 1.5 million streams, as garnered from the amazing variety of contents on hundreds of digital stores …
Kwese and Iflix come together to unveil a Video on Demand service : Kwese-iflix 2 Jun 2018 Kwese TV a Zimbabwean satellite and broadcasting network owned by Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, under Econet Media has merged together with iflix a subscription video on demand (VOD) service focused on emerging markets to launch a Video on Demand mobile application : Kwese-Iflix. The users of the Kwese-iflix mobile App will have a flexible digital entertainment platform as the app makes it easier for them …
Ushahidi launches TenFour for Public Beta Testing 8 May 2018 The Kenyan crisis-mapping experts Ushahidi are a global power house when it comes to data collection and analysis. Their platform Ushahidi has been used in various scenarios which include Election monitoring, crisis response, advocacy & human rights. Ushahidi has now launched TenFour a platform to help provide a quicker way for teams check on each other in critical situations. The platform …
Bonga Sasa. The augmentation to Safaricom’s Mpesa 3 May 2018 Safaricom knows how to set the rules in the Kenyan Ecosystem, hitting its tentacles to each and every category ranging from Money, Music, e-commerce and now Social. They deserve an Applaud .. or let’s say when you are a giant it’s never so strenuous to hype your product or push it. Although what I’m not so sure of the progress of the …
Uganda’s “Social Media Pyramid Scheme” to tax Social media Users 13 Apr 2018 East African Countries seem to have it ‘ more collected ‘ on the Internet’s Social sector. Uganda is also on the bandwagon after it announced it’s going to tax each social media user UGshs 100, “this to be billed daily on each SIM card that uses internet for social media.” says the State Minister for Planning, David Bahati. According to Daily monitor, …
Tanzania’s Bigman shenanigans in the social media and blogging scene 12 Apr 2018 Whilst others are meddling with other bigger tech x community issues, Tanzania now wants the free speech society to pay a big substantial amount to air views and opinions, anyway … let’s see how that fair’s out! According to an article by IAfrikan late in 2017, Tanzania was working on a law to regulate social media, yes we all agree social media is …
iflix Expands its Services to Ghana 14 Sep 2017 After Making Expansions into KEnya and Nigeria in August, Iflix : a subscription video-on-demand service focused on emerging markets, wants to conqure the African Video Streaming scene. Abner Briandt, iflix Ghana Country Manager commented: “We are proud to announce that iflix is live in Ghana to offer Ghanaians world class entertainment on the go. What is the iflix advantage? – the …
Mobile insurance startup Nefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania 21 Jul 2017 Seedstars World is returning to Tanzania for the third time with the support of the Swiss Embassy in Tanzania, COSTECH, the Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF) and local ambassador Buni Hub. The pitch event took place on July 20, with the winner offered the opportunity to alongside entrepreneurs from more than 65 countries to pitch at the grand final in Switzerland . …
Don’t raise your voice here : The Woman in the Ushahidi’s Current Sexual Scandal 21 Jul 2017 So the voice of the victim has been raised, an experience, a lesson for the ecosystem. Perhaps we all know after the official announcement was made and an action was done we don’t know the follow ups, maybe it was to let the cloud rain away and now the Ushahidi talk is fading. Angela, a lady who has been working …
Ushahidi’s Board Finally Suspends a Senior Exec and Provides an Update Regarding the Sexual Allegations made 18 Jul 2017 Last Week we all know the flames were facing the Ushahidi members and board, The Sexual Allegations created a scene around the African Scene, and different opinions and emotions being set out on them. Yesterday Ushahidi Released an Official Statement regarding the claims and what process they are following to ensure that the law is forced. Last Week TechWeez Tweeted …