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- 10 Oct 2022
One in Three OT Computers in Nigeria Attacked in H1 2022
According to the ICS threat landscape report by Kaspersky, in the first half of 2022 in the African regions computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple…
- 15 Aug 2013
Hellofood’s Website Gets a Make-Over
Hellofood , the leading group of online food ordering platform has activated its new, dramatically improved user interface in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Kenya. Designed to deal…
- 14 Aug 2019
Facebook, Africa Check Include Igbo, Yoruba Others to its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme
Facebook in collaboration with Africa Check announced that it has added new local language support for several African languages as part of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme - which helps to…
- 8 Oct 2019
Facebook Expands its Third-party Fact-checking Programme to 10 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Joining third-party fact-checking programmes in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook today announced the expansion of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme to 10 additional…
- 20 Feb 2022
Nigeria, 5 Others Get WHO Technology to Produce mRNA Vaccines
World Health Organisation (WHO),has name Nigeria among five other African countries that will receive its needed technology to establish mRNA vaccine production in Africa. The global health body…
- 21 Feb 2020
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing Unifies All Its Brands Under Pulse
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing (RADP) (RADP.Africa), one of Africa’s leading media groups is unifying its assets across the continent - to form one integrated media company under the Pulse brand.…
- 12 May 2021
MIT Launches Inaugural Legatum Foundry Fellowship for Entrepreneurs in Africa
The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT has launched the Foundry Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind leadership program for accomplished entrepreneurs who are considering their…
- 7 Sept 2022
African Start-ups Selected for BFF to Share of US$4m
Google has announced that sixty eligible black-founded start-ups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa. The company said…
- 19 Jun 2025
Bridging the Digital Divide: Over 700 Young Africans Empowered by Paradigm Initiative
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading digital rights and inclusion nonprofit, has revealed in its 2024 Annual Impact Report that over 707 young individuals across 11 African countries have been…
- 16 Jul 2025
PIN to Empower 20 Million Youths with New Digital Rights Board Game
Hundreds of university students across Africa are set to benefit from a new gamified learning experience on digital rights and inclusion launched by the leading pan-African non-profit organisation,…
- 16 Dec 2013
MTN Forms e-Commerce Venture with Millicom, Rocket Internet
Millicom, the international telecommunications and media company and Rocket Internet have signed an agreement to partner with MTN to develop their African online company AIH. Together the three…
- 10 Feb 2021
Five of the Best Payment Gateways out of Africa
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke As e-commerce on the continent continues to grow in leaps and bounds, payments, side by side with logistics, is something that sellers all over from Cairo to Lagos continue to…
- 26 May 2022
Nnamani to Chair 2022 DigitalSENSE Forum
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, president, Medallion Data Centres Limited, has been named the chairman of the twin event of the 2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)…
- 1 Dec 2022
African Management Institute Launches AMI Enterprise as Asha Mweru Mbowa is promoted to Managing Director
The African Management Institute (AMI), has announced the launch of AMI Enterprise, a new division dedicated to boosting workplace and professional skills for growth-stage and established companies.…
- 2 Aug 2021
Stakeholders in ICT Across West Africa Pledge to Deepen Internet Penetration in the Region
UNESCO and the African ICT Foundation have jointly organised a knowledge sharing session on how to mainstream Internet Universality and ROAM principles (Rights, Openness, Access and Multi-stakeholder…
- 21 Jul 2008
Daar Communications Ready for Digitisation –Dokpesi
Aleogho Dokpesi, chairman, Daar Communications PLC, owners of Raypower FM and Africa Independent Television, has said that they are ready to launch their pay TV platform and fully digitise their…
- 17 Apr 2022
UNESCO, African ICT Foundation Set to Host West-Africa Internet Governance Forum 2022
The UNESCO and the African ICT Foundation is set to host the West-Africa Internet Governance Forum 2022 with a titled build around the UNESCO ROAM-X framework for understanding and improving digital…
- 27 Nov 2023
Ikechukwu Nnamani Emerges AfriTECH Man of the Year
Engineer Ikechukwu Nnamani, the chief executive officer, Digital Realty Nigeria, has been crowned the Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH) Man of the year. Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani is the Chief…
- 23 Aug 2019
Facebook Celebrates 'Icons of Change' from Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook is bringing together 40 young leaders, developers, entrepreneurs and change makers from across Sub-Saharan Africa, to a two-day event in Accra, Ghana, titled “Celebrating Icons of Change”.…
- 7 Feb 2020
Africa Data Centres Association Seeks Greater Investment in 2020
Africa's datacentre market features 85 competitors from 54 countries within a continent that is home to 1.3billion people, and with an overall geographic area similar to Paris or Amsterdam, it is…
- 9 May 2019
Abdoul Aziz Dia Joins Group Board of Directors of UBA
United Bank for Africa(UBA) has announced that Mr Abdoul-Aziz Dia will join the bank’s Board of Directors subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Dia, a Senegalese…
- 16 Dec 2015
Samsung Aids Teachers’ Training via Smart School Initiative
In furtherance to its commitment towards sharing innovation to build a better society, Samsung Electronics West Africa has launched the Samsung Smart School for Teachers at the Federal Government…
- 2 Nov 2014
Jovago Showcases Rewards of Online Hotel Booking- Zmyslowski
Marek Zmyslowski is the managing director of Jovago.com who left Poland for Nigeria, in 2013, to launch the platform, an online hotel booking service. Before joining Africa Internet Holding,…
- 5 Feb 2016
Buhari, Amosun Unveil Samsung Smart School in Ogun
As part of the activities to mark the 40th anniversary of the creation of Ogun state, President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Governor of Ogun State, have commissioned the second…
- 1 Feb 2013
Telecoms Boom Leaves Rural Nigeria, Others Behind
While mobile phone usage has exploded across Africa over the last decade, transforming daily life and commerce for millions, it’s a revolution that has left behind perhaps two thirds of its people.…
- 9 Nov 2020
Nnamani Gets Special Recognition for Contributions to Telecom Sector at NTITA 2020
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, the Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Communications Limited was on Saturday given a special recognition at year’s Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA).…
- 22 Aug 2012
Google Extends Universities Support Program to UI
Google Nigeria has announced the launch of ‘Google Apps Supporting Programs’ (GASP) for the University of Ibadan at a ceremony held at the university. The event was attended by principal officers and…
- 23 Jun 2013
Digital Platforms Provide Opportunity to Target Export Markets-Ehimuan -
Juliet Ehimuan Chiazor is the country manager, Google Nigeria, the global Internet-software giant; with specialisation in internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Ehimuan has…
- 8 Feb 2018
Google, Facebook & oradian to Nurture Africa’s Digital Ecosystem
In a bid to nurture Africa’s digital ecosystem, the international tech community is supporting skills development, technology adoption and the growth of digital businesses across the continent.…
- 27 May 2024
Nnamani Bags Lifetime Achievement Award @ABoICT 2024
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, CEO of Digital Realty Nigeria, received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent Africa's Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards organized by Nigerian…