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- 17 May 2016
ShowMax Expands Internet TV Service to Sub-Saharan Africa
ShowMax, the internet TV service launched in August 2015, has expanded its footprint to 36 additional countries across sub-Saharan Africa. In total, ShowMax now supplies subscription video on demand…
- 6 Feb 2012
Microsoft Rewards Africa with Free Software Pack
In its bid to lower access barrier to and deliver a significant cost savings to African consumers, Microsoft has announced the launch of ‘Africa Pack,’ a suite of popular Microsoft technologies…
- 14 Feb 2014
ITU Focuses on Gender Equality @World Radio Day
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) yesterday focused attention to women's empowerment and encourages radio broadcasters to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender…
- 27 Nov 2014
Tigo, First MM Service to Pay Profit to Users worth $1.8Mn
Tigo has announced the first of its regular quarterly payments worth US $ 1.8 million, to Tigo Pesa users. This payment comes three months after the company paid a staggering profit of TZS…
- 3 Aug 2016
Tigo @M360 Africa GSMA Conference Showcases Transformative Financial Inclusion
Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo (www.Tigo.co.tz) has outlined its strategic priorities that are meant to drive the company’s long-term social investment objectives. Speaking at the…
- 18 Aug 2016
Five Things to Know About Opera Mini-The Mobile Browser
Opera and Google has announced a collaboration towards enhance the accessibility and usability of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) for mobile phone users, combining the best attributes of both apps and…
- 9 Apr 2018
MRA Inducts Voice of Nigeria into FOI ‘Hall of Shame’
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has named the Voice of Nigeria (VON) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, accusing it of failing to promote the FOI Act and ensuring its effective…
- 4 May 2018
Safaricom Pilots Messaging App Linked to Mobile money
Safaricom, Kenya's biggest telecoms company, is piloting a social messaging app that will link to its mobile money platform in an attempt to move the company into the application business. Bonga,…
- 19 Jul 2021
PIN Unveils Digital SafeTea for Africa Women to Access Digital Security Training
Digital security trainings are often invite-only sessions geared towards career women like journalists and human rights defenders. Now, Pollicy and Paradigm Initiative are looking to change this…
- 27 Oct 2021
Facebook launches Second Edition of “My Digital World” Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook has announced the launch of 2021 edition of “My Digital World”. Originally launched in June 2020, 'My Digital World is a digital literacy program which is accessible across Sub-Saharan…
- 2 Dec 2022
Osinbajo Inaugurates Omeife, Africa’s First Humanoid
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday in Abuja inaugurated Omeife, Africa’s first humanoid to boost Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technological development in Nigeria and the continent. Osinbajo…
- 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…
- 5 Mar 2026
Google Adds Yorùbá, Hausa to AI Search, Boosting Access for Millions of Nigerians
Google has rolled out support for Yorùbá and Hausa languages in its AI-powered Search features—AI Overviews and AI Mode—enabling millions of Nigerians to get quick answers, summaries, and…
- 17 Sept 2012
MobileMoney and Future of Insurance in Nigeria
With growing incidences of natural disasters, crop failures, investment uncertainty, growing population and dwindling natural resources, Africans are more than ever before exposed to the effects of…