Startup funding to Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and other parts of Africa dropped by 31 per cent in the half year of 2024. This is according to an analysis by Africa:
The Fifth-Generation (5G) network has been found to deliver much lower page load speed than 4G on all three services including Facebook, Google and YouTube.     According to Ookla in its Speedtest Global Index, in
The National Identification Number (NIN) scheme under the Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project has so far received $45.5 million from the World Bank through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The
•Canvasses more investment, flexible policies PwC has projected a marginal decline in inflation to 29.5 per cent by the end of the year. This is expected to balance the effects of reforms,
•Nigeria, South Africa, DRC to benefit from deal To deepen and expand digital infrastructure in three African countries, a financing package has been concluded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Proparco.
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a United States firm, Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA), on Human Space Flight programme. Through this MoU, Nigeria plans to
Microsoft has called on governments in Africa to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) for youth empowerment and growth. Microsoft said Africa has a unique opportunity to influence what the future of work looks
ADEYEMI ADEPETUN writes on some of the issues that might have led to the temporary suspension of the issuance of communications licences by the telecoms regulator. On May 17, 2024, the telecoms industry
The gloomy global economy portends danger for startups, especially fintechs, according to ‘Africa: The Big Deal report. The report noted that in 2024 so far, start-up funding in Africa is not quite
Contrary to claims that telecoms operators, especially the quartet of MTN, Airtel, Globacom and 9mobile are responsible for the rise in consumer data depletions, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has explained the reasons
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said the yearly Domain Name System (DNS) industry roughly equates to $17.5 million in value for African country code top-level domains (ccTLD) domain