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Cairo Summit charts new course for telecom regulation

The MEA regulatory summit highlighted the importance of transparency, network performance insights, and strategic 5G rollouts in shaping the region’s digital future.
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9 May 2025

Artefact broadens AI footprint into Côte d’Ivoire

Since expanding into Africa in 2020, Artefact has established presence in various African countries, including Senegal, Egypt, and Madagascar.
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Mastercard, NDPC target data protection in Nigeria’s informal sector

A recently-signed Memorandum of Understanding will be key in helping to train 250 000 data protection officers per year.
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6 May 2025

MTN Rwanda sees growth, thanks to mobile money and data usage

The telco says fintech innovation and surging data consumption boosted the company’s Q1 results, recording 12.3% year-on-year increase in service revenue.
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30 Apr 2025

MTN Ghana's cyber security exposure affects 5,700 customers

The telco is collaborating with the regulator and cyber security professionals to undertake a forensic investigation into the attack.
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Namibia’s Master of High Court gets tech upgrade

While still functioning, the legacy system has limits, and as a result, the ministry will decommission the current legacy system and transition to the newly designed Trust System.
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17 Apr 2025

MTN Uganda upgrades network to boost connectivity

With Uganda's digital economy growing, MTN says its infrastructure investment is crucial in closing the connectivity gap.
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24 Mar 2025

Nigeria probes TikTok, Truecaller on suspected data breaches

The regulator said it is currently looking into TikTok and True Caller in terms of data privacy.
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Senate progresses social media legislation

The legislative body is debating moves to mandate social media companies operating in Nigeria to establish physical offices in country.
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21 Feb 2025

Cyber-attack disrupts Paratus Namibia

The company has initiated an investigation to ascertain the exact scope of the attack.
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17 Feb 2025

Ghana establishes data pricing committee

The committee has been given 14 working days to produce a road map that will lead to the reduction in the cost of data and make it accessible for all citizens.