Category: Internet

Kampala, Uganda// A strategic public-interest case challenging the internet shutdown and throttling imposed in Uganda during the January 2026 general elections has been filed in the country’s capital, Kampala, supported by Paradigm Initiative.

Paradigm Initiative (PIN) strongly condemns the internet shutdown implemented in Uganda ahead of Thursday’s general election, as well as the restrictions placed on media coverage of protests and demonstrations.

Large organisations in the US and Europe are already achieving significant value from their investment in data streaming. This is one finding from a new research report by Conduktor, the intelligent data hub for streaming data and AI.

Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s Minister for Communications and Digital Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has praised a major police-led operation that led to the arrest of 141 Nigerian suspects in Tabora, a suburb of Accra, over alleged involvement in Mobile Money (MoMo) fraud and other cyber-enabled financial crimes.

Ghana’s Minister for Communication and Digital Technology, Samuel Nartey George, has announced the arrest of 48 suspected cybercrime operatives in a coordinated operation in the Dawhenya area of the Ningo-Prampram constituency.

Accra, Ghana//-The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), working in collaboration with National Security operatives, has arrested 32 Nigerian nationals in a targeted early morning operation at Kasoa–Tuba, as part of intensified efforts to clamp down on cybercrime.

Accra, Ghana//-The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has confirmed the arrest of one of Ghana’s most notorious cyber-fraud suspects, Frederick Kumi, also known as Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng and popularly called Abu Trica, for his alleged role in an $8 million romance-scam network targeting elderly victims in the United States.

A new study, conducted by pan-African organisation Paradigm Initiative (PIN), warns of an alarming surge in the prevalence of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based violence, with 67 per cent of respondents being victims of at least one or multiple forms of digital violence.

Lagos, Nigeria// — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) (www.Equinix.com), the world’s digital infrastructure company™, today announced its intention to open its latest high-performance data centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

Nokia today announced that it has maintained its role as Vodafone’s strategic partner in Europe and Africa as part of Vodafone’s five-year radio access network (RAN) investment programme.