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First Nigeria, Now South Africa Has Bride Price App

There is a hint of humour to apps like these but, considering that perceptions of morality and respectability are often used to police women's behaviour, it is also disturbing, writes Pontsho Pilane from The Daily Vox.

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  • 27 August 2014
    Nigeria Bride Price App
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    TV2Africa
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    A Nigerian firm has designed a new app that enables women to calculate their value as brides. It uses criteria such as beauty and education. But the ... see more »

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South African App developer Robert Matseneng has created a Lobola Calculator - an app that enables people to measure how many cows they are worth. The app attempts bring the old-age African tradition of lobola into today's technology-driven world.

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