AfricaOnline, one of Ghana’s oldest ISPs and a Gondwana International Networks (GIN) subsidiary, has launched its new JOLA service, a high-speed broadband satellite service powered by Avanti’s HYLAS4 satellite that offers 100% coverage of Ghana through multiple spot beams. Making the announcement to business leaders and media at a launch event in Accra on 9 […]
Read MoreThe global market for traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 3.0% year over year in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), according to preliminary results from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Global shipments were above expectations, reaching 58.5 million during the quarter. Although the shortage of Intel […]
Read MoreLast year, Google announced plans to open a new AI lab in Africa. Now, Google AI Accra is open for business, and the team there is working on building AI-powered solutions to real-world problems, including helping communities in Africa and beyond to improve their lives. Google uses Machine Learning (ML) and AI in all of […]
Read MoreNigerians who have paid to view contents of the pay television media, GOtv may soon have their subscription scramble following the withdrawal of the license of the payTV station by the Nigerian Government. GOTv is caught in a web of scam according to report from Daily Independent newspaper, where it was reported that a N2.5 […]
Read MoreMTN Ghana, expressing worry over the high levels of optical fibre cuts (more than 100 a month), which impede quality service delivery, called for serious concerted efforts to end the menace. At an Editors’ Engagement, in Accra, on Monday, to present its service delivery plan for 2019, as well as its performance in the previous […]
Read MoreWith the growing level of acceptance and also teething challenges of mobile payment and digital remittance Nigerians face on daily basis, BeepTool, an indigenous tech start-up based in Lagos, South West Nigeria has unveiled m-naira App, designed to bridge the gap in financial inclusion, mobile payment and remittance space. m-naira mobile app has been described […]
Read MoreNigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has launched an agricultural commodities marketplace to connect local farmers with buyers in the first of a series of new product launches. Formed in 2016, the Farmcrowdy platform connects small scale farmers across Nigeria with access to finance sourced from individuals and corporates via its online platform, and has so far […]
Read MoreUber said it has introduced a number of measures aimed at enhancing the safety of its driver-partners and their passengers. Some of the measures are compulsory rest period for driver-partners registered on the Uber app, insurance policy and holding regular safety workshops. The General Manager, West Africa at Uber, Lola Kassim, gave the indication in […]
Read MoreThe Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that the Commission is ready to drive the process of attaining 70% broadband penetration in the next couple of years, if that is set as the new target by the Federal Government. Speaking while delivering a goodwill message at […]
Read MoreStarTimes Nigeria has gone into partnership MTN to offer mobile Internet subscribers on the platform a special data bundle for StarTimes ON mobile app. With the video Streaming bundles on StarTimes “ON” App, MTN subscribers can now enjoy unlimited entertainment and video on demand (VOD) service at a cheaper data price than any other network […]
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