Five African countries ‘backtrack’ on UN Internet pledge
Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Somalia, and Nigeria had a total of 16 internet shutdowns or restrictions after they committed to the 2021 UN resolution.
Amindeh Blaise Atabong
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Vacation rental platform Bongalo bids to elbow Airbnb out of Africa
Bongalo CEO Nghombombong Minuifuong, tells ITWeb Africa: “Airbnb is strongly designed and suited for the Western market and Africa just happens to consume."
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President Tinubu pledges to reboot Nigeria with a million tech jobs
President Tinubu is in a bid to reduce youth unemployment by a third, and sees digital economy as the catalyst.
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Cameroon sanction telcos over quality of services
MTN, Orange, Camtel and Nexttel will cumulatively pay fines amounting to $9.8 million.
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Cameroon, Plan International give girls digital boost
Plan International, mobile operators and government this week committed to advocate for girls’ equitable access to ICT.
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Cameroon’s Nexttel searching for new investors
The telco intends to expedite new investments in infrastructure as it seeks to overtake MTN, Orange and Camtel.
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Cameroon grants MTN payment services license
MTN will now be independently offering services including cash deposits, transfers and withdrawals.
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Rise of fintech, AI spook African banks
The study surveyed 153 African banks from 33 countries, analysing the latest developments in digital banking transformation, while tracking the pace of change.
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Cameroon’s Buyam bags $10,000 pre-seed funding
The start-up intends grow its presence in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community and Francophone Africa.
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Cameroon’s maritime sector gets digital boost from US outfit
The support package includes equipping Cameroon with a software and training maritime staff.
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Cameroonian fintech Nkwa secures seed fund to scale operations
The startup backed by Cameroon’s Ministry of Finance will use the seed funding to on-board more customers and scale operations.
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MTN Cameroon hastens network buildout in response to protests
From this week MTN subscribers will now be refunded for unused or lost data in the event of network unavailability.
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State telco Camtel to launch mobile money service in Cameroon
Blue Money offering will be coming into a market already dominated by MTN Mobile Money and Orange Money.