The African inventor of “please call me” is set for a big payday from Vodacom — Quartz

In what could be a win for intellectual property in Africa, a South African court has ordered Vodacom, Africa’s second largest mobile operator, to make a huge payout to South African inventor, Nkosana Makate. Makate is credited with having invented the ‘Please Call me’ functionality, a popular function in the mobile telecom industry allowing users […]

The African inventor of “please call me” is set for a big payday from Vodacom — Quartz