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- 3 Apr 2025
Amazon Opens Competition in Satellite Internet Business, Sends Satellites into Space
Amazon has released more details on Project Kuiper, its plan to establish a satellite internet service resembling Starlink. The first launch of satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper project is set to ascend…
- 5 Apr 2024
Amazon Web Services Sacks over 500 Staff
Amazon Web Services has eliminated several hundred sales, marketing and tech roles, it said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of job cuts by its parent Amazon.com The cloud-computing arm of Amazon…
- 25 Sept 2016
Oracle Tops Amazon Web Services on Cloud Database Comparison
Larry Ellison, Oracle executive chairman and chief technology officer, during the recent Oracle OpenWorld 2016 demonstrated that Amazon databases are 20 years behind the latest release of the Oracle…
- 27 Mar 2022
Amazon will Discover e-Commerce in Africa not a Tea Party
By Tarila Ben-White Feelers indicate that Amazon may now be ready to explore what the continent has to offer on the e-commerce front but the nous and experience of indigenous giants such as Konga…
- 10 Oct 2024
How To Sell Amazon Gift Cards For Cash In Nigeria And Ghana
Learn how to sell your Amazon gift cards for cash in Nigeria and Ghana quickly and securely with Cardtonic. Get the best rates and instant payments today. You know that moment when you open a gift…
- 6 Jun 2018
eCommerce and the Nigerian Amazon
For long muted on Wall Street, the signal is now clear. Amazon, global e-commerce giant, is on the verge of not only overtaking Apple as the world’s most valuable company but the first company…
- 19 Jul 2023
Spain Slams 194m Euro Fine on Apple & Amazon for Device Sale Collusion
Spain’s antitrust watchdog CNMC on Tuesday said it had imposed fines worth 194 million euros ($218.2 million) in total on Amazon and Apple for colluding to limit the free sale of devices from Apple…
- 11 Jul 2021
Jeff Bezos, Amazon and e-commerce Wealth: Can Konga Defend Africa’s Position?
By Kingsley ‘Bobby’ Collins On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, the world awoke to the news that Jeff Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant, Amazon, had further left the rest of the world behind in the wealth…
- 12 Jan 2024
Amazon Announces Buy with Prime Integration with Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Amazon has announced the Buy with Prime for Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration. This solution helps Salesforce merchants seamlessly integrate Buy with Prime into their existing shopping…
- 11 May 2026
Firm Warns of Phishing Attacks via Compromised Amazon Simple Email Service Accounts
Kaspersky has detected phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks that are leveraging Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) – a cloud-based email service designed for businesses and developers…
- 28 Jan 2026
Amazon Axes 16,000 Jobs Worldwide in Major Restructuring Push
Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing powerhouse, announced plans Wednesday to eliminate 16,000 jobs globally, escalating a restructuring drive first flagged in October with…
- 14 Apr 2026
Amazon Satellite to Challenge Starlink in Africa with Globalstar Acquisition
Amazon is in advanced negotiations for a blockbuster $9 billion acquisition deal of satellite communications firm Globalstar. The multi-billion-dollar strategic move is aimed at fast-tracking its…
- 28 Oct 2025
Amazon to Cut 14,000 Corporate Jobs in Global AI Restructuring Drive
Amazon, global e-commerce giant has announced plans to cut approximately 14,000 corporate jobs as part of a sweeping restructuring aimed at accelerating its artificial intelligence (AI)…
- 11 Nov 2022
Amazon Partners Ashour Corporation for West Africa Rollout
Amazon Ring has appointed Ashour Corporation FZE, a Dubai-based company with majority stake by Nigerian-born tech billionaire and Forbes Best of Africa Leading Tech Icon, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, as…
- 23 Dec 2025
Amazon Blocks 1,800 North Koreans From Job Applications
US tech giant, Amazon has disclosed that it blocked more than 1,800 North Koreans from applying for jobs, amid growing concerns that Pyongyang is deploying large numbers of IT workers overseas to…
- 1 Nov 2021
Amazon Provides Free Cyber security Awareness Training
Amazon is offering businesses and individuals around the world free access to the same cyber security awareness training programme used by the American multinational technology company’s employees.…
- 5 Jul 2021
Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos, the American business magnate, who is founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amazon, one of the world’s largest technological organisations will step down from the top position on…
- 18 Jun 2025
Amazon CEO Says AI will Reduce Number of Workers Needed
Amazon’s management on Wednesday said that it expects that artificial intelligence software will reduce the number of office workers at the world’s largest online retailer. Andy Jassy, chief…
- 13 Jul 2016
Sophos Offers UTM Outbound Gateway Protection on Amazon Web Services
Sophos said on Tuesday that its UTM has been the leading solution for protecting network infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS) for years now. Sophos Group plc is a security software and…
- 21 Apr 2021
Amazon to Open African Headquarters in South Africa
Amazon, a US e-commerce retail giant, has chosen South Africa as the headquarters for its African market. This development comes a week after Twitter, US-based microblogging and social networking…
- 8 Jan 2023
Amazon Announces Plans to Cut 18000 Jobs
Tech giant, Amazon has announced plans to cut 18,000 job, the biggest single reduction in head count since the company launched. The news, according to DTVE Reporter was initially leaked, but later…
- 19 Jan 2026
NCC Gives Amazon’s Kuiper, BeetleSat Nod to Provide Satellite Broadband Services in Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted seven-year satellite operating permits to Amazon’s Project Kuiper and BeetleSat, according to the office of the special adviser on social media to…
- 26 Aug 2024
Kaspersky Finds Users of Google, Facebook, and Amazon most Targeted for Credential Theft in 2024
Google, Facebook, and Amazon are the most frequently targeted brands when it comes to phishing attacks, according to Kaspersky’s recent research among 25 popular global companies. Cybercriminals also…
- 13 Mar 2023
MTN Becomes First Telco in Nigeria to offer Amazon's Prime Video Mobile Edition to Customers
MTN Nigeria has teamed up with Amazon’s global streaming platform, Prime Video, to offer Prime Video Mobile Edition – a single-device, mobile-only subscription. MTN customers who subscribe will have…
- 19 Jun 2020
Multichoice to Integrate Netflix, Amazon Contents Decoders
MultiChoic is partnering with and integrating other content providers like Netflix and Amazon into its offerings to give subscribers greater value. According to available information on its website,…
- 6 Dec 2017
Google bars Amazon devices from You Tube
Google in an unusually public spat,ever witnessed in the technology industry increase rapidly,when it said that, it would block its video streaming application YouTube from two Amazon.com Inc…
- 6 Mar 2020
Genesys Cloud now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace
Genesys a global leader in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions announced that Genesys Cloud is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software…
- 11 Jun 2020
MultiChoice to Stream Netflix, Amazon in New Deal
MultiChoice Group Ltd, Pay-TV company, has signed deals with Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc to offer their streaming services through its new decoder. The deal has been touted as a move by…
- 28 Jan 2015
Amazon Ranks Jumia, ‘Nigeria’s Biggest e-Commerce Website’
Jumia Nigeria said it recoded great feats in 2014, all thanks to the customers who paced a lot of faith in them. Same time, the online retailer said they are upbeat about 2015, especially as it was…
- 7 Jul 2021
Jeff Bezos Becomes Richest Man in History with $211Bn
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon continues to become wealthier and it was yesterday reported that the 57-year-old mogul, who founded the online retailer out of his garage 27 years ago this month, became…