Digital Transformation company, Globacom, has topped gainers’ chart in the latest statistics of Internet subscribers released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the month of June. Indeed, June was a difficult month for the industry generally, as the total number of internet subscribers dropped by a whopping 332,338 from 122,624,417 in May to 122,292,079 […]
Read MoreGlobal smartphones shipments declined 2.3% year over year in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) for the strongest quarterly performance since 2Q18. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Global Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 333.2 million phones in 2Q19, which was up 6.5% over the previous […]
Read MoreA new study has found that the global number of cellular M2M connections will reach 1.6 billion by 2024; rising from 596 million in 2019. This is a growth of 165% over the next 5 years. It forecasts that remote provisioning and innovative anti-fraud measures enabled by embedded SIM technologies will drive adoption of cellular […]
Read MoreGoogle said that it is going into partnership with the Nigerian Government to make an online safety curriculum available to all primary and secondary school students in the country, reaching an estimated 56 million Nigerian students every year. Google has also introduced a dedicated travel mode in Google Maps to provide directions and navigation for […]
Read MoreWith the successful deployment of enrolment Centres in South Africa, US and the UK, the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend the National Identification Number (NIN) registration to other countries including Saudi Arabia, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Senegal, Benin Republic, Mal and India. NIMC has also chosen major cities where the enrolment […]
Read MoreSamsung’s first luxury foldable phone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, has been improved and is ready to be launched in select markets from September. The announcement comes five months after Samsung’s pricey phone was recalled before ever reaching consumers, after it faced reliability setbacks. The Galaxy Fold is a smartphone with a flexible display that folds […]
Read MoreMTN Group has appointed Thato Motlanthe to the position of Executive for Investor Relations, with effect from 1 September 2019. Thato replaces Nik Kershaw who left MTN Group at the end of May 2019, and will report to Ralph Mupita, MTN Group CFO. Thato brings to the role extensive experience of South African and global […]
Read MoreAbout 600 East African business, innovation and technology leaders gathered in Nairobi yesterday to discuss innovation opportunities for corporate and public sector organisations in the digital economy. The SAP Kenya Innovation Day featured a line-up of local and global SAP experts who hosted interactive sessions focused on key business and technology trends that are shaping […]
Read MoreROK, African film studio and international TV network, a subsidiary of IROKO TV, Nigeria’s video-on-demand company has been acquired by CANAL+ Group. IROKO and CANAL+ have been working together since 2015, an arrangement that will continue even after the purchase by the latter of ROK, which ROK was incubated from 2013 onwards IROKO. Led by […]
Read MoreAfter two consecutive quarters of yearly decline, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) witnessed growth in the traditional PC market in 2Q19. This was primarily driven by the commercial segment stemming from the strong demand for PC refresh ahead of Windows 7 EOS early next year. Meanwhile, Lenovo moved into the top position, capturing 25% […]
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