Urgent call to restore telecoms in war-torn Sudan

Nearly 100 humanitarian organisations appeal for return of telecommunications and internet services in Sudan as the war rages on.
Cape Town correspondent
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Challenges impact investment in Nigeria’s broadband ambitions

Economist lists changes in policy, licensing requirements and taxation as among several issues thwarting investment.
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PalmPay backs Lagos Food Initiative

The Ounje Eko food discount initiative is designed to counter surging inflation in Nigeria and uses PalmPay’s QRcode-based payment systems.
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Zambia welcomes partnerships with Huawei

The country’s government has applauded the support of the Chinese vendor in meeting its digital transformation ambitions.
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New 5MW data centre planned for Djibouti

A joint venture between PAIX Data Centres and the Djibouti Sovereign Fund hopes to capitalise on the country’s positioning as an intercontinental connectivity hub.
2:00
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Nigeria to establish start-up hub in San Francisco

With the aim to improve relations between Nigerian start-ups and US-based venture capitalists, the Nigeria Start-up House will also receive support and funding from Nigerian tech firms.
1:20
Wednesday

AfriLabs inks partnership agreement with Vault Hill Labs

Alliance to fulfill shared technological advancement and community empowerment objectives
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Nigeria to deploy new 90,000km terrestrial fibre optic backbone

The new fibre backbone will increase Internet penetration in Nigeria to over 70% and reduce the cost of Internet access by over 60%, according to the country’s comms minister.
1:20
Wednesday

Equity Health Insurance, Clinitouch partner on remote healthcare

The two companies are working together to improve collection of patients’ medical data, healthcare efficiencies and patient treatment and support.
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CRN Recognizes Noel Loughrin, Katherine Hou, and Kristen Petruzzelli of Laserfiche on the 2024 Women of the Channel List
Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Noel Loughrin, Katherine Hou, and Kristen Petruzzelli to the Women of the Channel list for 2024.
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Fintech Giant - Moniepoint - Ranked as Africa’s Fastest Growing Fintech by the Financial Times for the Second Consecutive Year
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