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You won't believe what happened next.
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Uganda's government tried to shut social media down
Image credit: Rukundofiston
I woke up to news that Facebook and Twitter had been blocked in Uganda in a government-ordered social network blockade that took out mobile money transfer services as well. Uganda's incumbent president, who is also running for his fifth term (he has been president before I was born) would later come out to say that the order was made in the interest of security. Yeah, right.
Anyhow, resourceful Ugandans bypassed the network restrictions via VPNs and Opera Mini workarounds, and in a matter of hours, the #UgandaDecides Twitter hashtag had developed into a robust picture of what was happening on the ground.
I don't think this will be the last time we'll see ham-handed attempts by out-of-touch governments to censor public expression. All I hope is that the citizens that are the target of such censorship have the tools and the will to deal with them, when they happen.
So what else happened today?
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We spotted a new service that wants to help Nigerians save money, even when they aren't looking
Piggybank says they will automate the process of saving tiny amounts, daily, weekly, or monthly, and keep your money for three month spells. Link
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Hotels.ng CEO, Mark Essien will answer your questions
If you go to his Twitter timeline RIGHT NOW, that is. "Answering questions for the next 6 hours. Reply to me with your question and #AskME", he tweeted just over two hours ago. You ask him a question, and he answers you with a video. So far, there are 19 rather interesting video answers. You can also read an AMA he did on TechCabal's Radar last year.
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This Kenyan lady ended a 9-year relationship with DSTv with an epic Twitter rant
80 percent of DSTv content is available on Hulu, she says. Before you say it's clickbait, it's actually a funny story. But the bigger question I'd like you to consider is that despite all the challenges that watchers like to cite about internet constraints being the bane of the likes of Irokotv and Netflix in Africa, can traditional Pay TV operators like DSTv afford to relax? Link
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Even more news
South Africa: Google Play starts serving up movies to South Africa - htxt.africa
South Africa: FNB contemplates TouchID rollout for Apple devices - htxt.africa
South Africa: MTN stock gains 42 percent in one month - TechCentral
Nigeria: The online dictionary for Yoruba names will launch tomorrow in beta - TechCabal
Kenya: Xiaomi will launch mobile phone brand next week - Techmoran
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Bankole.
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