Category: Internet

Despite the installation of submarine cables to connect the continent, the price of a gig of mobile internet data remains very high on average.

Accra, Ghana//-MTN Ghana has hosted seasoned business professionals in the SME and digital space as they shared valuable insights on how SMEs in Ghana and Africa can grow their businesses through the digitalisation of their operations.

Cape Town, South Africa// —  AppsFlyer, the global marketing measurement leader, has launched a report with Google that reveals a booming African mobile app market, propelled by a growing fintech space, a rise in ‘super apps’, and the COVID-19 pandemic amongst other factors. 

Luanda, Angola – Nokia today announced that it has signed a deal to deploy its comprehensive network technologies to Angola’s new mobile telecommunications operator, Africell, to provide 2G, 3G and 4G services in the capital city Luanda.

Singapore//- Skills Union today announced a $1.5 million seed investment round, supporting its mission to bridge the global tech skills gap, through specialised vocational courses that meet the needs of the rapidly growing tech sector. 

A 34-year-old Ghanaian woman extradited from Ghana to the US, Deborah Mensah, has been sentenced to 70 months over a multimillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy.

Reconciliation talks led by a team of President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior ministers are yet to achieve a breakthrough with the social media giant.

Four of the world’s biggest tech platforms have worked with the Web Foundation to adopt a bold set of commitments to tackle online abuse and improve women’s safety on their platforms, marking the first time there has been cross-industry collaboration on ways companies can address the issue.

It is important to situate the debate around the Nigerian government’s suspension of Twitter within the context of ongoing conversations between many countries and social media platforms.

Paradigm Initiative (PIN) on behalf of Abdikhayr M. Hussein, Bareedo Platform Somalia, Access Now, AfriSIG Alumni, African Academic Network on Internet Policy, and other civil society actors have sent a strong-worded letter to President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, calling on his to rescind his decision suspect Twitter’s operations in that country.