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Telecel to take over MTN’s operations in two West African markets
It was revealed in its 2023 report that it was selling its equity interests in Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry to Telecel,…
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Meta to fight election misinformation in South Africa during 2024 elections
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has partnered with South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to monitor…
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Nigeria content creators to earn on Instagram and Facebook from June 2024
Meta has revealed plans to launch a new feature in June 2024 to allow users to monetise their content on…
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UPDATE: Binance executive, Anjarwalla, escapes detainment, flees Nigeria
Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance's regional manager for Africa, one of the company’s two executives detained by Nigeria’s Office of the National…
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SEC strengthens regulation on crypto industry with new capital requirements
Nigeria is taking steps to strengthen its grip on the cryptocurrency industry by adjusting its regulations for crypto operators. This…
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Uber under pressure from Lagos government to share real-time data
The Lagos State Government has accused ride-hailing service, Uber, of defaulting on a data-sharing agreement signed in 2020 with the…
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Kenya considers limiting government officials’ use of TikTok
The Interior Ministry of Kenya is considering limiting the use of TikTok by government officials, in a bid to protect…
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Kenya launches tech-driven initiatives to digitalize courts
Chief Justice Martha Koome announced that Kenya's courts will go paperless on July 1, 2024. This means the end of…
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MTC and Huawei complete test-run of 5G in Namibia
Namibia's Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) and Huawei Technologies, a Chinese tech company, have launched a trial demonstration of the country's…
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Onafriq and M-PESA collaborate to improve remittance flow in Ethiopia
Onafriq, a digital payments service, and the Vodacom and Safaricom-owned mobile phone-based banking services, M-PESA, have signed an International Money…
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Commercial Bank of Ethiopia loses $40 million to glitch, calls on students to return stolen cash
The staff of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) went into panic mode when they realized customers had access to…
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TikTok partners African Union to embark on digital safety campaign
TikTok, a short-form mobile video-sharing company, and the African Union Commission's Women, Gender, and Youth Directorate (WGYD) have partnered to…
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YouTube launches content labeling tool to fight misinformation
It is now common practice for Africans to use AI-generated videos to spread misinformation. One such instance is a video…
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mTek gets funding to integrate AI
mTek was co-founded by Bente Krogmann and Christopher Osore in 2019, to transform how people interact in the insurance sector…
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Vodacom plans layoff in South Africa to cut cost
A Vodacom Group spokesperson has pointed out that the company routinely conducts these kinds of exercises to ensure its business…
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Flutterwave hires Dipo Fatokun, Tosin Faniro Dada to board
Fatokun has over 30 years of banking and finance experience in the public and private sectors. As a CBN Director,…
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Kenyan startup shuts operations in Tanzania, pauses in two more
A Kenyan eCommerce startup, Wasoko, has decided to close down its operations in Tanzania and hit "pause" on operations in…
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SEC looks to jack up registration and processing fees for crypto companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued rules and guidelines for crypto and digital asset service providers in May 2023,…
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Nigerian man invents water-powered generator, despite lacking formal education
Emeka Nelson, a 26-year-old Nigerian, has built a power generator that runs mainly on water. Nelson made this invention despite…
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Youverify secures funding for expansion
Youverify is a company that was founded by Gbenga Odegbami in 2018 to provide API for address and identity verification…
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Interswitch eyes entry into telecom market, acquires license
Nigerian fintech giant, Interswitch, has acquired a Tier 5 Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) license for $1.1 million from the…
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Video recommendations no longer shown on YouTube home page for logged-our users
Google-owned video-sharing platform, YouTube now shows a blank for logged-out users, instead of video recommendations like before, the Indian Express…
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Altman reinstated as OpenAI’s CEO
A few months after Sam Altman said the infamous "no one person can be trusted here, the board can fire…
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Identities of Binance executives detained in Nigeria revealed
According to a report from Wired, Tigran Gambrayan, a former US federal agent and American citizen, has been identified as…
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Career switch to tech profitable, even for gamers
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Nigerian tech space has unsurprisingly continued to grow, making it lucrative for people with…
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Inlaks concludes Graduate Development Program, graduates 30
A Sub-Saharan African Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and systems integrator, Inlaks, has concluded its Graduate Development Program aimed…
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BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram experience sudden downtime
Social media applications Facebook and Instagram are experiencing downtime, with many users unable to access their accounts, Daily Post reports.
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We failed to adequately test Google’s Gemini – Google co-founder
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has admitted that Google Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini messed up image generation due to a…
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Is WhatsApp about to release a cool new feature?
WhatsApp is close to releasing a new feature that will enable users send messages to other applications like Telegram and…
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Moon landing: US clinches first touchdown in 50 years
A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the moon’s south pole on Thursday, the first…
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Nvidia dethrones Tesla as Wall Street’s most traded stock
Chipmaker Nvidia is replacing Tesla as Wall Street’s most traded stock, adding to its prominence after becoming the third-most valuable…
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Project 774 LG Connectivity: FG To Create 300 Direct Jobs, Boost Digital Access
The Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy has unveiled a strategy called ‘Project 774 LG Connectivity’, to create no…
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Google pledges 25 million euros to boost AI skills in Europe
Google opens new tab and has pledged 25 million euros ($26.98 million) to help people in Europe learn to use…
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Apple to settle trade secrets lawsuit against chip startup Rivos
Apple opens new tab plans to settle a lawsuit that accused tech startup Rivos of stealing its trade secrets related…
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Bitcoin rises 5% to highest in a month
Bitcoin rose 5% on Friday to its highest in a month, marching back towards the level it reached in January…
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Yandex owner to exit Russia in $5.2 billion deal
Yandex NV has struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) deal to sell what has been dubbed “Russia’s Google” to a group…
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Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia (NOKIA.HE), opens new tab said on Monday it has signed a multi-year 5G patent license agreement with…
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US court voids Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla compensation
A judge in the US State of Delaware voided the $56 billion compensation package of Tesla Chief Executive, Elon Musk,…
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Microsoft Lays Off 8% Staff After Activision Gaming Buyout
Microsoft launched its blockbuster takeover in January 2022, an acquisition that made it the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue.…
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