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Elon Musk-owned satellite internet provider Starlink has launched in Senegal. This makes the West African country the 26th African country to welcome Starlink, and the first African country it will ...

Latest industry data show that about 83.2% of Nigerian phone users are now connected to the internet, underscoring how Nigerians are increasingly penetrating the digital space. This means that for ...

The Nigerian telecoms industry has suffered more than 150,000 fibre cut incidents across April and May 2026, the highest number of such cuts on record. The figures reveal a continued struggle to ...

80% of breaches involve compromised credentials. 50x machine identities outnumber human in many enterprises. 91% of cyberattacks begin with a phishing or identity attack. 4hrs target leaver ...

The pay-TV sector in Africa is on the verge of a historic shift as MultiChoice begins reorganising its South African business to pave the way for Canal+ to proceed with its R55-billion (approximately ...

Nine years ago, Binance didn’t exist, and fewer than 6 million people on Earth owned any cryptocurrency at all. This week, the exchange marked its ninth birthday, claiming a user base larger than the ...

The USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) has become a vital part of the day-to-day activities of many users. It is a key driver of financial inclusion for individuals in remote areas with ...

In 1971, in Nigeria, a young man sat on his bed, holding wires in his hands and a small black box in front of him. Four batteries powered it. A few buttons controlled it. When pressed, it answered one ...

When the federal government mandated the National Identification Number and SIM linkage project (NIN-SIM) in late 2020, it was tipped as a technical solution for national security and a move that ...

The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy (FMCIDE) has announced plans to connect thousands of young Nigerians with major employers through its new 3MTT–NJFP Placement ...

What if the next global voices shaping culture didn’t come from Hollywood or London but from Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town? In 2026, African content creators are no longer just participating in global ...