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- 21 Mar 2025
Nigeria, Kenya among Nations Running out of HIV Drugs - WHO
Eight countries - six of them in Africa, including Nigeria, Kenya and Lesotho - could soon run out of HIV drugs following the US government's recent decision to pause foreign aid, the World Health…
- 7 Jun 2017
Konnect Africa Set to Reshape Satellite Broadband Industry
With new-generation services starting on Tuesday in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda, Konnect Africa is confirming its bold ambitions for…
- 7 Apr 2019
Glo-sponsored African Voices Showcases Three Accomplished Athletes
The Globacom-sponsored CNN African Voices, a 30 minutes magazine programme of Cable News Network, this week profiles three African athletes who deploy body fitness to drive social change. The trio…
- 19 Nov 2019
Africa Sees Double Mobile Data Revenue by 2024
Mobile revenue in Africa will rise from $54.31 billion (R804 billion) in 2019, to $67.12 billion (R994 billion) in 2024. This is according to the Africa Digital Outlook 2019 report from market…
- 11 Jun 2012
Olympic Games to be Streamed Live on YouTube
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will live stream the London 2012 Olympic Games in 64 territories on the IOC’s channel on YouTube. YouTube is the world's most popular online video community…
- 17 Apr 2013
Low-Cost Wireless Tech can Help African Development
Strengthening information and communications technology (ICT) in Africa can help to tackle health, social, environmental and development challenges Andrea Rinaldi reported in scidev.net that low-cost…
- 8 Dec 2009
eIFL.net Gets Grant for Public Library Services in Nigeria, Others
eIFL.net has been awarded a three-year $1.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to spark the development of innovative public library services using technology in transitioning…
- 14 Oct 2013
Anyaoku, Former Commonwealth Scribe for Nigeria Leadership Summit
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former secretary general of the Common Wealth has been named is the chairman of the Nigeria Leadership Summit 2013, according to the organizers. The summit is slated for…
- 2 Aug 2010
Bharti Airtel Appoints Andre Beyers as CMO for African Operations
Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of Andre Beyers as the chief marketing officer for its African operations. The company…
- 23 Jul 2013
Nigerians, Others Jostle for ITU Telecom World 2013 Young Innovators’
A panel of “Challenge Partners” from industry, international organizations, NGOs and academia, including major names such as Carrefour Enterprise Foundation, Ooredoo, Dupont Sustainable Solutions,…
- 8 May 2014
Western Union, Moneygram Hit Nigeria, Others with Charges
Western Union and Moneygram, the world's leading money transfer companies, have been accused of charging a premium of up to 12 per cent on remittances into Africa, according to a recently released…
- 4 Sept 2014
Nigeria Drops in Global Competitiveness Ranking
Despite Nigeria’s current status as Africa’s largest economy, the country slumped in the global competitiveness ranking released on Tuesday. Africa’s biggest oil producer fell by seven places to…
- 29 Sept 2014
Aflix Expands to 30 African Countries, Seeks Service Providers collabo
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- 2 Oct 2014
DHL Shares Tips on Business Marketing In Africa
At no time in recent years has there been as much optimism about the various opportunities for businesses in Africa, DHL observed. Yet, successfully marketing a brand across such a diverse continent…
- 13 Apr 2015
Reports Link Vodacom, MTN in Race to Acquire Visafone
Different reports at the weekend indicated that Vodacom Group Limited (Vodacom) and MTN Group are quietly competing in the race acquire Visafone, the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access…
- 27 Oct 2013
Flexenclosure Opens Office for Southern Africa
Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and pre-fabricated data centres for the ICT industry, has opened a new office in Maputo, Mozambique to serve its growing…
- 19 Dec 2014
Road Injuries, Heart Disease Kill More Nigerians
In Nigeria, average life expectancy for men increased to 59.8 years. Women's average life expectancy increased to 60.5 years in 2013. Today, fewer people are dying from measles and diarrheal diseases…
- 16 Apr 2015
Nigerians Abroad Remit $21Bn in 2014
The World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria received a total of $21 billion from its citizens living abroad as home remittance in 2014 saying that growth of remittance is expected to slow this…
- 22 Sept 2015
TLC’s Next Great Presenter Search Well Under Way on DStv
The search for TLC’s Next Great Presenter is well underway. After a rigorous selection process, Discovery Networks decided to extend its Top 10 semi-finalists to a Top 12, based on the high quality…
- 28 Sept 2015
DHL Express Appoints new MD for Sub-Saharan Africa
Hennie Heymans, currently Managing Director of DHL Express South Africa, has been appointed as Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), effective from 1 October 2015. In his new…
- 7 Oct 2015
AfDB, IMF Host Training on Financial Soundness for Officials from Nigeria, Others
Under the Joint Partnership for Africa (JPA) Program, the African Development Bank, through its African Development Institute (EADI) and in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…
- 24 Feb 2016
HomeSend, Vodafone to Extend M-Pesa Remittance to 5 Markets in 2016
At the Mobile World Congress, HomeSend, the international payment and money transfer hub, announced the expansion of its global framework agreement with Vodafone Group for M-Pesa, including the…
- 22 Apr 2016
Shittu @ IAD Says Buhari Focused On Smart, Digital Nigeria
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, has revealed that the present administration is set to leverage the benefits of the digital revolution and the huge potential of…
- 29 May 2016
AfDB Supports Low-carbon Development in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reaffirmed its commitment to mobilize resources to help African countries adopt and mitigate climate change. This commitment underpins its 2013-2022 Strategy…
- 25 Jul 2016
Vodacom to Expand African Footprint
Peter Moyo, chairperson, Vodacom, said Vodacom is looking to expand its operations on the African continent, but will be disciplined in its approach. "We have been looking and will not stop looking,…
- 23 Nov 2016
Africa Code Week Exceeds Targets, Trains 427,000 Students in a Week
SAP's ambitious goal of equipping 5 million African youth with basic coding skills by 2025 took a bold step forward following the release of the results of this year's Africa Code Week. Almost…
- 16 Dec 2016
Vodacom Expands Data Roaming Footprint
Telecoms operator Vodacom has broadened its international prepaid data roaming footprint from 10 to 64 countries. In a statement, Vodacom says its international prepaid data roaming will now be…
- 12 Apr 2017
StarTimes Acquires Media Rights to 2018 FIFA World Cup
Africa’s leading pay TV operator StarTimes has acquired media rights to 2018 FIFA World Cup as FIFA officially granted media rights to all 2017-2018 FIFA events in Sub-Saharan Africa on Thursday.…
- 16 Dec 2014
Scandal, Revenge, Others Debut in Aflix ABC Contents Unveil
Africa’s leading mobile streaming service, Aflix has unveiled its ABC studios in a move that will see it providing some of ABC’s best contents to Aflix users within the continent. This is coming on…
- 29 May 2013
Vodacom Slashes International Call Rate By 88%
Vodacom has unveiled a new product which allows customers to call 118 countries from as little as 89 cents per minute on per-second billing. The product called International Calling Plus empowers…