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- 3 Mar 2016
Africa Internet Group Secures €300M from Goldman Sachs, Others
Africa Internet Group (AIG), the parent of Jumia, the leading ecommerce platform in Africa, has secured more than Euro 300 million in funding from new and existing investors, including the previously…
- 6 Feb 2024
Group Condemns Internet Shut-down in Senegal
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has denounced, in the strongest terms possible, the order for Internet shutdown by the Senegalese authorities shortly after President Macky Sall postponed the nation’s…
- 30 Sept 2018
A4AI Decries Taxes on Internet Services, Applications
Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), global internet advocacy group has frowned at the growing number of African governments that levy taxes on internet services and applications saying it is…
- 31 May 2017
IS, AU Commission Launch Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
The Internet Society (IS) and the African Union (AU) Commission unveiled a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa. The unveiling was at the African Internet Summit held in…
- 8 Feb 2016
Jumia, AXA Partner to Provide Insurance Products to African
Africa Internet Group (“AIG”), a leading e-commerce group in Africa, and AXA, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, has announced a partnership whereby AXA will become the exclusive…
- 26 Oct 2017
Paradigm Initiative Berates African Governments for Stifling Internet Freedom
By peter oluka With the recent Internet shutdown in Togo adding to the growing list of Internet shutdowns in Africa, with at least 11 in 2016 and 7 this year already, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria…
- 10 Feb 2016
AIG, AXA Ink Deal on Insurance Products & Services to African Customers
Africa Internet Group (“AIG”), a leading e-commerce group in Africa, and AXA, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, today announced a partnership whereby AXA will become the exclusive…
- 18 Mar 2025
MTN Group to Invest $10Bn in African Expansion by 2030
MTN Group announced plans to expand its footprint on the continent with a $10 billion investment by 2030. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which relayed the information, said the…
- 18 Apr 2016
World Forum on Internet of Things (IoTs) Inaugurates Africa Work Group
World Forum on Internet of Things (IoTs) has established the Africa IoT Work Group as a strategic platform to ensure that Africa’s technology position is registered and her voice is heard with…
- 6 Apr 2016
Orange Doles Out £7m, Invests in African e-commerce Giant 'AIG'
Orange has announced the acquisition of a 75 million-euro equity interest in Africa Internet Group, joining AXA, Goldman Sachs and longstanding investors MTN Group, Millicom and Rocket…
- 26 Nov 2014
JUMIA Secures EUR 120m in Funding
Jumia announced a new round of investments amounting to EUR 120 million. These investments, which were made by existing shareholders, strengthen the company's position as the leading online retailer…
- 29 May 2019
AfRALO, NCC, Medallion collaborate DigitalSENSE Africa 2019 Forum on Internet Governance, IPv6 Roundtable
The African Regional At-Large Organisations (AfRALO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is collaborating with DigitalSENSE Africa Media for the 2019 Nigeria…
- 22 Dec 2024
Group Advocates for Digital Rights at 2024 Internet Governance Forum
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading pan-African organisation dedicated to advancing digital rights and inclusion in the Global South, has made significant contributions to the just-concluded 2024…
- 25 Mar 2015
Google, Facebook Build “Digital Prisons” in Nigeria, Others with Internet Freebies
Google and Facebook are at the forefront of a scramble to win over new African Internet users, offering freebies they say give a leg-up to the poor but which critics argue is a plan to lock in…
- 27 Mar 2015
AIG nominated for International Corporation of the Year Award
The Africa CEO forum is a high profile annual event for African Business leaders where awards are presented to deserving organisations operating across the continent. This year, the third edition of…
- 17 Oct 2015
iDEA Hub to Co-Host Ecosystem Fireside Chat
‎iDEA Nigeria and AIG are collaborating to put together a meet-up event. The Managing Directors of 6 AIG (Africa Internet Group) companies will make themselves available for startup fireside chat…
- 6 Jul 2017
Jumia, Africa’s Unicorn Startup Among MIT Top 50 Smartest Companies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named Jumia Group (formerly Africa Internet Group) in the list of MIT’s 50 smartest companies - 2017 for the second consecutive year. Each year, MIT…
- 25 Jan 2019
CSquared to Fiberise Africa wit Affordable Broadband Internet Connectivity
CSquared, a pan-african broadband infrastructure provider that enables ISPS and MNOs to provide high quality broadband through shared infrastructure, has spelt out its operational priorities that are…
- 13 Apr 2018
ONEm Extends its Internet-like Services to Africa
London-based high-tech firm ONEm has announced plans to expand the reach of its internet-like services to more Africans who are without internet connectivity or smartphones. The company says it is…
- 20 Feb 2015
AIG Set to Commission New Office In Yaba, Nigeria ‘Silicon Valley’
Africa Internet Group (AIG) is to open its new office complex which is located at the E-Center, Sabo-Yaba, Lagos is directly in the heart of Yaba which is fast becoming the new tech-hub of Nigeria,…
- 2 Dec 2014
Jumia Reveals Top 3 Most Sold Items on Black Friday, 1.5m Patronised Site
Jumia, said that within 24 hours, it reached an all-time peak in sales as tens of orders were placed on the website every second, seeing an extraordinary tenfold increase in total number of orders…
- 17 Dec 2017
Experts task NASS on Legal Framework for Data Protection
African Academic Network on Internet Policy has requested that the National Assembly inserts the following in data protection framework or bill, “the use of personal data must be in accordance with…
- 23 Jan 2022
DPO Group Secures Licence to Provide Payments Services in Nigeria
One Payment Limited, a subsidiary of the leading Pan-African digital payments group, DPO Group has been granted a licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide certain types of payments services…
- 1 Dec 2017
A4A1 says Broadband costs in Africa Remain Highest
The 2017 Affordability Report from the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) which the internet lobby group says it compiled using more recent pricing and income data revealed that a basic…
- 21 Feb 2025
AfDB Partners Interpol to Combat Financial Crime and Strengthen Anti-Corruption Efforts in Africa
The African Development Bank Group has taken a significant step forward in its fight against corruption and financial crime by signing a Letter of Intent with the International Criminal Police…
- 24 Feb 2015
AIG Opens New Office in Yaba, Now in 26 Countries
Africa Internet Group (AIG), the leading internetgroup in Africa, has moved itsoffice located in Yaba area of Lagos State. The three-stairs, smart office-building houses six of AIG ventures in…
- 15 Jun 2010
Nigeria, Others Prepare for Broadband Banquet
By the end of 2011, the entire continent of Africa will be connected to no fewer than nine undersea broadband cable initiatives that would serve as Africa’s innovation catalysts, Nigeria…
- 21 Jun 2019
Vodacom Unit to Sell Operations in Nigeria, Others
Vodacom Group Ltd., South African mobile phone operator, announced on Friday its plan to sell its Business Africa unit’s Angolan operations and assets to Internet Technologies, Angola, for an…
- 12 Nov 2021
UNICEF, Jumia Partner to help Giga Connect Schools in Africa to the Internet
UNICEF and African e-commerce platform Jumia have announced a partnership in support of Giga’s work to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and…
- 23 May 2023
2023 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum Gets NCC, IXPN Backing
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) are thudding support for the 2023 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum (NDSF) series on Internet Governance for…