Countries Kenya’s Safaricom launches in Ethiopia Addis Ababa – Kenya’s Safaricom on Thursday became the first private telecommunications operator in Ethiopia and also announced a... Read more 7 Oct, 2022
Countries Vodacom to spend R300 million to improve connectivity in Limpopo Cape Town – In an effort to accelerate internet connectivity in Limpopo, Vodacom has invested R300 million to expand... Read more 26 Sep, 2022
Countries Voice-operated smartphones target Africa’s illiterate Abidjan – Voice-operated smartphones are aiming at a vast yet widely overlooked market in sub-Saharan Africa – the tens... Read more 10 Sep, 2022
Countries Egypt says to regulate streaming platform content Cairo – Egypt is to establish a licensing framework for digital entertainment platforms like Netflix that will require them... Read more 8 Sep, 2022
Technology Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey San Francisco – Elon Musk has served former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey with a subpoena in a hunt for... Read more 23 Aug, 2022
Technology Police probe ‘online threat’ to JK Rowling over Rushdie tweet London – Scottish police said on Sunday they were investigating an apparent “online threat” made to Harry Potter author... Read more 15 Aug, 2022
Technology Twitter says Elon Musk making up excuses to breach deal San Francisco – Twitter on Thursday said the notion Elon Musk was “hoodwinked” into inking a $44 billion buyout... Read more 5 Aug, 2022
Technology Asia’s richest go head-to-head in India 5G auction Mumbai – Asia’s richest men made multi-billion-dollar bets on the future of Indian telecommunications in the country’s 5G auction... Read more 1 Aug, 2022
Technology Uzbekistan unblocks Twitter, WeChat, Vkontakte, govt says Tashkent – Uzbekistan’s authoritarian government said on Monday that Twitter, WeChat, and popular Russian social network Vkontakte were all... Read more 1 Aug, 2022
Countries Kenya says social media won’t be blocked after warning to Facebook Nairobi – Kenya insisted on Saturday that social media would not be blocked, after a state watchdog warned Facebook... Read more 31 Jul, 2022