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MainOne,Facebook Commence Open-access Fiber Network in Nigeria

MainOne has commenced a metro fiber infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria, with support from Facebook. The infrastructure collaboration is part of Facebook’s efforts to connect more people to broadband internet. As part of this project, MainOne is building and operating approximately 750 km terrestrial fiber infrastructure in Edo and Ogun States, two of […]

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StartUps

Kenya’s Paytree Enhances Merchants Grow with Free e-commerce Stores

Kenyan startup Paytree is helping businesses reach more customers through the provision of free e-commerce stores integrated with payment solutions and last-mile delivery services. Formed in early 2018, Paytree only went to market in August but has already built up a customer base of more than 300 merchants. It has three main products – integrated […]

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Computing

Microsoft Spurs AI Growth in Africa

The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) dominated discussions at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos – with delegates touching on everything from ethics to democratization and workforce re-skilling. While AI is primed to be the driving force of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, its widespread acceptance and adoption among businesses is still in early stages. […]

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Gadgets and Device

Samsung Galaxy10 to come with Adapted Apps from Facebook, Google

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will release a pricey folding smart phone in April, with specially adapted applications from Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc designed for the new device. The Galaxy Fold will cost $1,980 and go on sale on April 26, Samsung officials said at an event in San Francisco. The […]

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Business

Firm to Host Corporate Services Conference

TenticP Communications, a 21st-century innovative and multi-sectoral media company, has announced plans to hold the maiden edition of the Nigeria Corporate Services Conference. The event with the theme: “Building a Sustainable Economic Growth through Quality Corporate Services Delivery”, is designed to be an annual event targeted at driving best practices and innovations in the delivery […]

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Gadgets and Device

NCC,ONSA Set to Combat Menace of Fake Mobile Devices

Worried by the recurrent cycle of fraudsters deploying their trade via fake and substandard mobile devices, the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other government agencies has set up committees to combat the situation. The two joint committees set up are the Project Steering Committee […]

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Technology

UN Lists Tourism & Technology Summit 2019 on Its SDGS Platform

The Tourism and Technology Summit 2019 has been approved and listed on the UNWTO Tourism for SDGs platform.This is aimed at driving international participation for the highly anticipated annual event. Following this development a registration window has been opened on the platform for partnerships and delegates. Under SDGS 17 PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS, the summit […]

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StartUps

Kigali Tech Summit: Enough of Tech Skills, Africa Needs Business Talents

Discussion around entrepreneurial talent in the tech space in Africa focuses too much on tech skills, while there is a gap in experienced business people leading startups active in the space, according to Ido Sum, partner at TLcom. Speaking at the inaugural Africa Startup Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, last week, Sum said fast growing startups […]

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StartUps

African SME-focused Fund Reach $84.5m

The African SME-focused fund’s total capacity has reached $84.5 million as Impact investment firm Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) announced the second closing of its I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2) fund. Launched in 2002, I&P is committed to contributing to the rise of a sustainable and dynamic private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm announced […]

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Technology

2019 Prediction: 50% Global Apps to Run on Public Cloud

Only 50% of all global applications will run on public cloud in future, as organisations opt to run their workloads on private and edge clouds. This is according to Jai Menon, futurist and chief scientist at Cloudistics, discussing the evolution of cloud at ITWeb Cloud Summit 2019, held in Johannesburg, this week. Click Here “The […]

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