Google announces Umoja, 1st fibre optic cable connecting Africa to Australia through Kenya
Today, Google announced plans to build a new fibre optic cable called Umoja. This new digital infrastructure will…
Weeks after shutting Lagos facility, Microsoft announces plan to invest $1 billion, build data centre in Kenya
Tech giant, Microsoft has announced that it is joining forces with G42, the United Arab Emirates’ top artificial…
Nigerian Government to launch 1.4 petabytes data centre in May
The Federal Government is set to launch a state-of-the-art data centre capable of storing up to 1.4 petabytes…
The top 10 countries where mobile data is least affordable are all in Africa
Zimbabwe has the worst value for data anywhere in the world as 10GB per month of mobile data costs about 356.60% of the average annual income...
Notcoin loses 85% value in first week as investors sell airdropped tokens
...the sharp decline was attributed to investors quickly selling off their airdropped tokens to secure profits rather than holding onto them for potential future gains.
Congo is building a $72m national fibre data centre, the first in Central Africa
The fibre project will cost a total of €66.55 million ($72 million). Of this sum, a total of €52.47 million ($56 million) will be contributed by the African Development Bank...
Binance expresses disappointment as Nigerian court denies executive bail in money laundering trial
Earlier today, presiding judge, Emeka Nwite denied Gambaryan (who is 40 today) bail. The judge claimed that the Binance Executive was likely to abscond...
Samsung shipped 3bn smartphones in 10 years, 33% more than Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei
According to an IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker survey, Samsung shipped nearly three billion smartphones in the…
Subsea cable cut: MainOne announces successful repair, 8 weeks after
Equinix-owned company, MainOne has announced the conclusion of repairs to its submarine cable following an outage which occurred…
CNG vehicles: Finance Minister, Wale Edun assures of delivery during visit to JET Motor Company assembly plant
The minister’s visit to Jet Motors showcases Nigeria’s capacity to meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly vehicles...
