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Welcome to another edition of the Big 5 Daily, where we bring you top notch information on innovative ideas birthed in the African tech ecosystem.
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Big News! The President of Chad, President Idriss Deby has lifted the country’s one year plus internet ban. The country who hasn’t had access to WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook, and Twitter since the 28th of March 2018, can now fully access the social media platforms. What do you think?
Here’s another good one, ROK Film Studios, a subsidiary of IROKOtv—Nollywood on-demand online video content, has been acquired by French television Company Canal+. The studio will leverage this deal to create original film content for francophone Africa. Congratulations to ROK!
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There is also news that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Directorate of Customs and Excise (DGDA) and the Ugandan Revenues Authority (URA) endorsed an E-Cargo Tracking System. The system which falls under the Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTs) will help reduce costing and timing as regards to cargo transportation for business owners. Nice initiative!
This next gist will interest Uber South African Drivers! Uber SA recently partnered Old Mutual and KaeloXelus to provide its driver-partners with money management skills and health product offerings. While Old Mutual money management skill is free of charge, KaeloXelus health products are available for R73 weekly.
Finally, Huawei Technologies is planning to lay off staff at its US-based subsidiary ‘,Futurewei Technologies’. The exact number to be affected by this plan has not been revealed; although alleged to be in hundreds.
That’s it for today’s edition of the Big 5 Daily!
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