South African telecom giant Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has taken over talks with a former employee, who is demanding Sh45 billion as compensation for the 'please call ...

The court on Tuesday morning found Vodacom was bound by an agreement with Kenneth Nkosana Makate who has said he invented the Please Call Me concept. Makate conceived the Please Call Me concept in ...

Just when the Please Call Me inventor thought his days in court were over after reaching a settlement with Vodacom, he is gearing up to fight a firm that is demanding 40% of the payout. Black Rock ...

Ari Kahn, the man who invented, patented, and helped launch “Call Me” while on contract with MTN in November 2000, says Vodacom’s settlement with Nkosana Kenneth Makate is “absolutely unconscionable”.

Nkosana Makate, the inventor of Please Call Me, wants a settlement of more than R10-billion. Vodacom is prepared to settle at R47-million. Settlement talks have broken-down (again) as both parties are ...

n a move that closes one of the most protracted chapters in South African tech history, Vodacom Group has reached an out-of-court settlement with Nkosana Makate, the inventor of the “Please Call Me” ...

As news about the “Please Call Me” secretive settlement was streaming, many wondered about the settlement amount. As someone who covered the “Please Call Me” matter, I reflected on this moment and its ...

Errol Elsdon, who financially backed Nkosana Kenneth Makate’s legal case against Vodacom between 2011 and 2014, says he originated the idea that became Please Call Me, but did not invent it. Elsdon ...

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