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b'Africa\'s \'high-end\' VOD scene is hotting up, and for home-grown heavies, ShowMax and Kwes\\xe9, the race to achieving critical mass is on.\\n\\nShowMax is on the prowl for mobile telco partners that can help it hack growth while leveraging the enviable stash of international licensed content that its mothership,\\xa0DStv, has in its vault. Meanwhile, Kwes\\xe9 has the benefit of being part of the\\xa0Econet Group--\\xa0a huge potential advantage in that they might exploit Econet\'s established mobile distribution network.\\n\\nWith\\xa0Econet\'s\\xa0Chairman\\xa0Strive Masiyiwa\\xa0promising that Kwes\\xe9 will launch 60 channels across no less than 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, it\'s quite clear that the network\'s "mobile-centric" strategy will not be limited to carving out a decent share of the mobile VOD market, and so DStv could well be due for a haircut.\\n\\nThis week\'s African Tech Round-up features a chat with Nzwisisa Chidembo, a programmer, business analyst and author of new book called Exploring Consumer Adoption of NFC Mobile Payments in South Africa which unpacks research done into why South Africans haven\\u2019t taken to mobile payments as readily as consumers in other countries on the continent.\\n\\nMusic Credits:\\nMusic by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\\nMusic licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution'