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International Internet Day recognizes 57 Years of Global Connection

International Internet Day recognizes 57 Years of Global...

On 29 October 1969, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, attempted...

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Talent Nation Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Train One Million AI Engineers in Africa

Talent Nation Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Train One Million...

Talent Nation , an AI engineering talent development company, has secured pre-seed...

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Budget 2026: what it means for entrepreneurs, founders and SME owners

Budget 2026: what it means for entrepreneurs, founders...

What John Healey's first Budget means for entrepreneurs and SME owners The post...

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Michael Johnston and Cooper Tomlinson Dive Deeper into ‘Obsession’

Michael Johnston and Cooper Tomlinson Dive Deeper into...

BGN interviews Obsession stars Michael Johnston and Cooper Tomlinson as they prepare...

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Togo’s ARCEP Plans Interactive Map to Compare Fibre Internet Providers

Togo’s ARCEP Plans Interactive Map to Compare Fibre Internet...

Togo’s telecommunications regulator, the Autorité de régulation des communications...

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Egypt’s NTRA Trains 37 Participants From 15 Countries on Telecom Equipment Approval

Egypt’s NTRA Trains 37 Participants From 15 Countries on...

Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA)  has held its seventh online...

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Alphabet Revenue Rises 25% to $127.6 Billion as Google Cloud Grows 103%

Alphabet Revenue Rises 25% to $127.6 Billion as Google...

Alphabet , Google ’s parent company, reported a 25% year-on-year increase in revenue...

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From Informal Landmarks to Sovereign Data: The Governance Challenge Facing Digital Postcodes

From Informal Landmarks to Sovereign Data: The Governance...

Nigeria’s digital public infrastructure previously rested on two primary capabilities:...

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Microsoft Revenue Rises 19% to $92.3 Billion in Q1 FY2027

Microsoft Revenue Rises 19% to $92.3 Billion in Q1 FY2027

Microsoft  reported revenue of $92.3 billion for the first quarter of its 2027 financial...

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Egypt’s Turuq Innovations Raises Seed Funding From Den VC

Egypt’s Turuq Innovations Raises Seed Funding From Den...

Egyptian e-commerce technology startup Turuq Innovations  has raised seed funding...

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Google Wallet and Google Pay Launch in Nigeria

Google Wallet and Google Pay Launch in Nigeria

Google  has launched Google Wallet, including Google Pay, in Nigeria, allowing Android...

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Funding bought us speed. It could not buy the skill that makes a niche business work.

Funding bought us speed. It could not buy the skill that...

Charlotte Staerck, co-founder and CEO of The Handbag Clinic, on the lesson she learned...

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hayo Expands Digital Infrastructure Operations Into Tanzania

hayo Expands Digital Infrastructure Operations Into Tanzania

hayo  has expanded its presence in East Africa with operations in Tanzania, helping...

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NITDA and CBN Partner to Advance Nigeria’s Digital Sovereignty

NITDA and CBN Partner to Advance Nigeria’s Digital Sovereignty

Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)  is strengthening...

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Zambia Reappoints Felix Mutati as Minister of Technology and Science

Zambia Reappoints Felix Mutati as Minister of Technology...

Felix C. Mutati has been reappointed as Zambia’s Minister of Technology and Science....

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Kenya Explores BPO Investment Opportunities With German Customer Service Firms

Kenya Explores BPO Investment Opportunities With German...

Kenya’s State Department for ICT and Digital Economy,  met the delegation from the...

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Ghana Revises DStv Subscription Packages With Prices Starting at GH¢50

Ghana Revises DStv Subscription Packages With Prices Starting...

Ghana has introduced revised DStv subscription packages following engagements between...

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month at N.C. A&T

Cybersecurity Awareness Month at N.C. A&T

The Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research, Education and Outreach at North...

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MTN Zambia Congratulates Felix Mutati on Technology and Science Minister Appointment

MTN Zambia Congratulates Felix Mutati on Technology and...

MTN Zambia  has congratulated Felix C. Mutati on his appointment as the country’s...

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Review: Apple TV’s ‘Nocturne’ Delivers Gripping Nordic Noir With Compelling Female Leads

Review: Apple TV’s ‘Nocturne’ Delivers Gripping Nordic...

Pennsylvania has been an ideal setting for American interpretations of Nordic Noir,...

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Talent Pipelines Versus Compute Limits: Inside Rwanda’s AI Skills Agreement

Talent Pipelines Versus Compute Limits: Inside Rwanda’s...

For national policymakers, the ultimate test of artificial intelligence sovereignty...

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Securonix Appoints Essam Ahmed as Senior Sales Director for Middle East and Africa

Securonix Appoints Essam Ahmed as Senior Sales Director...

Securonix, Inc.,  a six-time Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SIEM, announced...

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Luno Cuts Payment Integration Workload With MoneyHash Infrastructure

Luno Cuts Payment Integration Workload With MoneyHash Infrastructure

Luno,  the global crypto and investment platform founded in Africa, is using MoneyHash ’s...

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Ethiopia Orders Telecom Regulator to Prioritise Service Quality and Affordability

Ethiopia Orders Telecom Regulator to Prioritise Service...

Ethiopia’s Innovation and Technology Minister, Frehiwot Tamru, has directed the...

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Zain KSA Revenue Rises 1% to SAR 8.14 Billion in Nine Months

Zain KSA Revenue Rises 1% to SAR 8.14 Billion in Nine Months

Zain KSA,  the leading digital services provider, announced its financial results...

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LuLu Financial Holdings Partners Purpleplum to Expand SME Banking Services in UAE

LuLu Financial Holdings Partners Purpleplum to Expand SME...

LuLu Financial Holdings (LFH) , a leading global financial services group offering...

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MTN CEO Ralph Mupita Meets Ghana Officials on 5G and Digital Inclusion

MTN CEO Ralph Mupita Meets Ghana Officials on 5G and Digital...

MTN Group  President and CEO Ralph Mupita has met senior government and financial...

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Spiro and ESP Launch Programme to Empower 5,000 Women in E-Mobility

Spiro and ESP Launch Programme to Empower 5,000 Women in...

Spiro,  an electric mobility company, has partnered with Entrepreneurial Solutions...

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Etisalat Q3 2026 Revenue Rises 6.9% to AED 19.5 Billion

Etisalat Q3 2026 Revenue Rises 6.9% to AED 19.5 Billion

etisalat  has announced its Q3 2026 consolidated financial results, reporting revenue...

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TPC Africa Launches Mobile Virtual Network Operator in South Africa

TPC Africa Launches Mobile Virtual Network Operator in...

Bathabile Moreki, founder of The Perfume Co Africa (TPC Africa) , has launched TPC...

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Has the Chancellor got our backs?

Has the Chancellor got our backs?

John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has a golden opportunity to show Britain's...

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Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation

Scientific machine learning, digital twins, and high-fidelity computational methods...

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A&T Hosts First Pinning Ceremony for Online Learners

A&T Hosts First Pinning Ceremony for Online Learners

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced a new opportunity...

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NSF Launches Major STEM Initiatives

NSF Launches Major STEM Initiatives

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced an upcoming funding...

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U.S. Navy Mandates Shift in All Official Communications

U.S. Navy Mandates Shift in All Official Communications

The U.S. Navy's director of the Navy staff has issued a policy mandating the immediate...

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From Robots to Robotaxis

From Robots to Robotaxis

NASA recently announced that the Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission, in collaboration...

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Ethio Telecom Extends 4G LTE Coverage to 80 More Towns

Ethio Telecom Extends 4G LTE Coverage to 80 More Towns

Ethio telecom  has expanded its fourth-generation (4G) Long-Term Evolution (LTE)...

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EBANX Integrates OPay Direct Debit for Global Subscription Payments in Nigeria

EBANX Integrates OPay Direct Debit for Global Subscription...

Global payments company EBANX  has become the first international payments provider...

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ST Engineering iDirect Partners MBSat on Satellite Ground Infrastructure in Oman

ST Engineering iDirect Partners MBSat on Satellite Ground...

ST Engineering iDirect  announced a strategic partnership with Mohammed Al Barwani...

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Airtel Money Revenue Rises 34% to $830 Million in First Half of FY2027

Airtel Money Revenue Rises 34% to $830 Million in First...

Airtel Mobile Commerce N.V., operating as Airtel Money , reported a 34% year-on-year...

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Telr Partners With CreditPool to Launch Multi-Card Payments in MENA

Telr Partners With CreditPool to Launch Multi-Card Payments...

Telr,  a regulated regional payments provider with acquiring and payment capabilities...

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Mastercard Unveils Redesigned Experience Centre in Dubai as It Marks 40 Years in the UAE

Mastercard Unveils Redesigned Experience Centre in Dubai...

Mastercard  has unveiled its transformed Mastercard Experience Centre in Dubai,...

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Safaricom Launches Fuliza Ya Pochi Overdraft for Kenyan Merchants

Safaricom Launches Fuliza Ya Pochi Overdraft for Kenyan...

Safaricom  has launched Fuliza Ya Pochi, extending M-PESA’s credit ecosystem to...

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MTN Zambia Engages NAPSA on Digital Connectivity and Financial Inclusion

MTN Zambia Engages NAPSA on Digital Connectivity and Financial...

MTN Zambia  Chief Executive Officer Larry Annetts and MTN Mobile Money Managing...

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AI, Skilled Trades, and the Future Workforce

AI, Skilled Trades, and the Future Workforce

The seminar "From the Shipyard to the Smart Factory: AI, Skilled Trades, and Advanced"...

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From English Major to AI Innovator

From English Major to AI Innovator

Numerous studies have found that graduates with English degrees increasingly transition...

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Building a Workforce for the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Building a Workforce for the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The Maryland Department of Labor announced that Secretary Portia Wu joined Carroll...

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Burkina Faso Moves Towards Online Issuance of Civil Status Certificates

Burkina Faso Moves Towards Online Issuance of Civil Status...

Burkina Faso is moving towards the online issuance of civil status certificates...

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Kenya’s Konza Technopolis Secures Funding Agreement for Data Centre and Smart City Project

Kenya’s Konza Technopolis Secures Funding Agreement for...

Kenya’s Technopolis Development Authority  has signed a project preparation funding...

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Orange Tunisia Reaches 120 Young People with Digital Safety Initiative

Orange Tunisia Reaches 120 Young People with Digital Safety...

Orange Tunisia  has partnered with the Tunisian Federation of School and University...

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Orange Liberia Launches 5G as Liberia’s First Provider

Orange Liberia Launches 5G as Liberia’s First Provider

Orange Liberia  has launched 5G services in Liberia, positioning itself as the country’s...

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Satellite Connectivity Market Shifts Towards Integration and Digital Sovereignty

Satellite Connectivity Market Shifts Towards Integration...

SpaceX ’s second-quarter results highlight the growing role of Starlink in the satellite...

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Airtel Rwanda Partners With NCSA to Boost Cybersecurity Skills Among Youth

Airtel Rwanda Partners With NCSA to Boost Cybersecurity...

Airtel Rwanda  has partnered with the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) ...

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Identity verification roll-out shows compliance is overcomplicated for micro-businesses

Identity verification roll-out shows compliance is overcomplicated...

While well executed in parts, Companies House's identity verification roll-out has...

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South Africa Proposes New Crypto Rules to Tighten Cross-Border Capital Controls

South Africa Proposes New Crypto Rules to Tighten Cross-Border...

South Africa’s National Treasury  has published draft Capital Flow Management Regulations...

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South Africa’s SANTACO Partners With BYD, Bolt to Launch Electric E-Hailing Fleet

South Africa’s SANTACO Partners With BYD, Bolt to Launch...

South Africa’s National Taxi Council (SANTACO),  alongside its affiliate, the South...

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T’Nia Miller on Playing Jocasta and Body Autonomy in Marvel’s ‘VisionQuest’

T’Nia Miller on Playing Jocasta and Body Autonomy in Marvel’s...

BGN interviews actor T’Nia Miller in her Marvel TV series debut as Jocasta in episodes...

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Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Renewed for Season 2 at Prime Video Following Record-Breaking Debut

Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Renewed for Season 2 at Prime...

Carrie White’s story is far from over! Following a massive debut that sent horror...

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Kenya’s Technopolis Authority Launches Digital Platform to Monitor Vehicle Speed Limiters

Kenya’s Technopolis Authority Launches Digital Platform...

Kenya’s Technopolis Development Authority  has completed the implementation of a...

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The AI strategy playbook: from zero to 100 by Rene Bohnsack

The AI strategy playbook: from zero to 100 by Rene Bohnsack

René Bohnsack's new book shows how even small businesses can turn AI experimentation...

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Ethio Telecom Promotes Cybersecurity Awareness Through “Secure by Habit” Initiative

Ethio Telecom Promotes Cybersecurity Awareness Through...

Ethio telecom  has hosted a stakeholder panel discussion to promote cybersecurity...

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MTN Uganda Opens Digital Resource Centre to Support Teachers and AI Learning

MTN Uganda Opens Digital Resource Centre to Support Teachers...

MTN Uganda , through the MTN Uganda Foundation,  has launched the MTN Teachers’...

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Powering the Future

Powering the Future

Earlier this year, David Jones, CEO of Lumena Energy and chairman of Career Communications...

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Milestone Celebrations, Data Science Initiatives, and Federal Investments

Milestone Celebrations, Data Science Initiatives, and Federal...

Jackson State University announced on October 22 that it will commemorate 149 years...

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Why “Made in Africa” Smartphones Keep Losing to Assembly

Why “Made in Africa” Smartphones Keep Losing to Assembly

Governments across Sub-Saharan Africa want to reduce dependence on imported devices,...

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Nokia Q3 Sales Rise 9% as AI and Cloud Revenue Surges 123%

Nokia Q3 Sales Rise 9% as AI and Cloud Revenue Surges 123%

Nokia Corporation  reported a 9% year-on-year increase in net sales on a constant-currency...

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Egypt’s Souhoola Secures FRA Approval for Fintech-Based Consumer Finance

Egypt’s Souhoola Secures FRA Approval for Fintech-Based...

Consumer Finance – Souhoola  announced that it has received approval from the Financial...

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DR Congo’s Rawbank Adopts SBS Digital Banking Suite to Expand Online Services

DR Congo’s Rawbank Adopts SBS Digital Banking Suite to...

As part of its digital transformation strategy, Rawbank,  which already relies on...

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Zain and Ooredoo Combine 4,000 Towers in Regional Infrastructure Deal

Zain and Ooredoo Combine 4,000 Towers in Regional Infrastructure...

Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.P.C. (“Zain Group ”; ticker: ZAIN) and Ooredoo...

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Vodacom and Bowmans Urge Africa to Develop AI Governance Frameworks

Vodacom and Bowmans Urge Africa to Develop AI Governance...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being deployed across Africa faster than some countries...

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The £868 billion small business economy that is being critically overlooked

The £868 billion small business economy that is being critically...

Millions of the small businesses Britain relies on every day are operating with...

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Nigeria’s NITDA and Cisco Strengthen Digital Skills Training

Nigeria’s NITDA and Cisco Strengthen Digital Skills Training

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),  in partnership...

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Airtel Uganda Equips Buremba School With Computer Lab and Internet

Airtel Uganda Equips Buremba School With Computer Lab and...

Airtel Uganda  has welcomed Buremba Senior Secondary School in Kazo District to...

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The directors putting their homes on the line deserve a Budget that backs them

The directors putting their homes on the line deserve a...

As compulsory liquidations rise 25% year on year, Purbeck is calling on the Chancellor...

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Building Expertise in AI

Building Expertise in AI

Bryan Liles is a senior principal engineer at Amazon Web Services, working with...

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