Vodacom Eats Humble Pie Over Please-Call-Me Idea

Published: May 2, 2016, 7 a.m.

There\u2019s no doubt Kenneth Nkosana Makate is celebrating Workers\u2019 Day in style following a South African Constitutional Court judge ruling that Vodacom owes him a big fat cheque for profiting from his Please-Call-Me idea for well over a decade. This brings to a close Nkosana\u2019s 15-year legal battle with the mobile network. Or does it?\n\nIn this episode of the African Tech Round-up, Tefo Mohapi and I unpack this landmark case and speculate over just how much Nkosana\u2019s legal team might gun for in terms of compensation. We also try and determine whether the case is a good example of how \u201cthe little guy\u201d can in fact triumph over a mighty giant, or whether Nkosana\u2019s investor-backed victory is proof that justice might still be reserved for Africa\u2019s well-heeled elite.\n\nMusic Credits:\nMusic by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nMusic licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0