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TechCabal Daily -👨🏿‍🚀South Africa is switching off old TVs | TechCabal

All over the globe, analogue TVs are getting shut off.

In Africa, Algeria, Kenya, and 16 other countries have already shut down analogue terrestrial connections. Now, South Africa is set to follow in June.

Read more in today's edition of #TCDaily.

Source: TechCabal | Leading Africa’s Tech Conversation

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