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SpaceX’s Starlink has gone live in Eswatini

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Starlink, has officially launched in Eswatini, a landlocked country in Southern Africa. 

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Amazon Web Services leadership meets with the Nigerian Government ahead of 2024

This visit is one out of many that will happen over the next year, with a follow-up expected to happen in January 2024.

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Despite tough economics, Africa’s smartphone market stays resilient

Chinese maker Transsion—known for its Infinix, Tecno, and Itel brands— retains its top position in the market

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Nigeria awards AI research grant to Lendsqr and 44 other startups and experts

45 startups and researchers have been picked for the first National AI Research Scheme, with each grantee set to receive a ₦5 million grant.

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Nairaland web downtime puts the spotlight on content moderation

Cloudflare, the hosting provider, has disabled the web server of Nairaland, a leading online community in Nigeria.

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Inter-bank transfer restored in Lesotho after cyber hack

On December 11, the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) reported a system outage due to a cyberhack. The downtime which affected the national payment system led to the temporary suspension of inter-bank transactions in the country.

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Breaking: Tingo CEO Dozy charged with fraud by U.S. SEC

An SEC’s complaint alleges that, since at least 2019, Mmobuosi spearheaded a scheme to fabricate financial statements and other documents of the three entities and their Nigerian operating subsidiaries, Tingo Mobile Limited and Tingo Foods PLC.

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Adobe walks away from $20 billion acquisition of Figma

The decision to end the acquisition follows mounting pressures from UK and EU regulators.

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BioNTech launches its $150M vaccine manufacturing facility in Rwanda

One year after laying its foundation, the German biotech company BioNTech has set up the first BioNTainer at its manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda to facilitate the production of mRNA vaccines.

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Fears loom over internet access towards elections in DRC

As the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) holds its general elections this week, worries over the restriction of voters’ rights are rising.

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Eutelsat’s OneWeb beats Starlink to internet-starved Libya

Libya is well acquainted with sporadic Internet access and censorship, in addition to having one of the slowest connectivity speeds in the world.

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CcHub appoints Ojoma Ochai as managing director

Africa's leading innovation centre, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has appointed Ojoma Ochai as its new managing director.

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