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Egypt completes 2 subsea cable landings, with 126 TeraBits per second capacity
Telecom Egypt, in partnership with SubCom, has completed two landings of the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE-6)…
Flutterwave tightens belt
Flutterwave has slashed half its workforce in Kenya and South Africa.
Baltasar Engonga sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for financial misconduct
Former Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation of Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga Ebang, has been…
Moove plans $1.2 billion debt funding to finance US expansion
Moove, the Uber-backed African ride-hailing startup, is set to make waves in the global mobility sector with a…
Microsoft cuts another 9,000 jobs bringing its 2025 total layoffs to over 15,000
Microsoft, one of the world’s leading technology companies, has confirmed plans to lay off about 9,000 employees worldwide,…
Former Okra CEO Fara Ashiru Jituboh joins UK startup Kernel as Head of Engineering
Fara Ashiru Jituboh, the co-founder and former CEO/CTO of Nigerian fintech startup Okra, has stepped down from her…
Tems launches music training for emerging female artistes; see key application details here
Grammy award-winning artist, Temilade Openiyi, also known as Tems, has launched the Leading Vibe Initiative (LVI), a program…
SIM activation and replacement stall as Nigerian telcos migrate to new identity verification portal
Access to SIM-related services, including SIM swaps, replacements, and new activations, is set to stall as mobile network…
Boosting women’s role in tech will drive innovation. Moses Arfo on the CVSpan UI/UX Scholarship for 50+ Young Girls
In Africa, particularly in Nigeria, the gender gap in technology continues to raise significant concerns around inclusivity, innovation,…
