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Minister Pours Encomiums on NCC Ex-Spokesman, Ojobo at NiMIES Summit

Last night in Lagos, South West Nigeria, at the Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit and Expo, (NiMES) it was lots of encomium for the just retired Director of Public Affairs, Nigeria Communications Commission, (NCC), Mr. Tony Ojobo who was named the recipient of the ICON of African Information Society Merit award. Much of the encomium came […]

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Computing

Microsoft’s $7.5 billion GitHub Deal set for EU Approval

U.S. software giant Microsoft is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $7.5 billion purchase of privately held coding website GitHub, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Microsoft announced the deal in June, its largest acquisition since it bought LinkedIn for $26 billion in 2016. The GitHub deal is expected […]

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Technology

London Court Blocks Mass Action against Google over iPhone Data

London’s High Court on Monday blocked an attempt to bring legal action against Alphabet Inc’s Google over claims it had collected sensitive data from more than 4 million iPhone users although it said the company’s actions had been “wrongful”. The claimants had said Google had illegally accessed details of iPhone users’ internet browsing data by […]

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Social Media

Facebook Launches Video Device, Warns on Privacy Rule

Facebook Inc. wants you to buy its new video chat devices for your home, complete with cameras that track movement. That sounds like a lot to ask for a social-media company mired in privacy scandals. But Facebook has crafted its Portal gadgets, launched Monday, to be as un-creepy as possible. At a recent product demonstration […]

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Technology

More Kenyans Embrace Cryptocurrency

The need for investing in Cryptocurrency is steadily rising in East Africa; specifically Kenya as more and more people are gradually gaining trust/confidence in the use of Cryptocurrency. Though Cryptocurrency is relatively new and comes with a learning curve, the benefits are a plethora; thus it is good for both sellers and buyers. Cryptocurrency offers […]

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Technology

Sunnet Systems Unveils Game-Changer Huawei Kunlun Server

Sunnet Systems and Datacom Service Limited, a Huawei top-level strategic partner has brought into the Nigeria server market a game-changer server with capacity for partitioning to any level. The server, known as Huawei Kunlun Server which was launched today in Lagos, South-West Nigeria is said to be adequately designed by Huawei Technology Company to meet […]

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Internet

Kenya Wins Bid to host International Open Data Conference in 2020

The Government of Kenya has won the bid to host the 6th International Open Data Conference (IODC) taking place in 2020 based on its consistency and high-level leadership on Open Government and data for development over the last three years The Announcement was made at the closing ceremony of the 5th IODC 2018 held in […]

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Social Media

Instagram Names Adam Mosseri as New Head

Instagram on Monday announced that long-term insider Adam Mosseri will take over as the new head of the photo-sharing app, a week after its co-founders resigned. Mosseri, who joined Facebook in 2008, was most recently Instagram’s vice president of product. He had previously overseen Facebook’s news feed and spent a decade working closely with Facebook’s […]

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Gadgets and Device

Smart Home Devices Growth to Grow by 31%, Says IDC

The numbers of smart home flooding the global market is expected to reach about 31% yearly in 2018 to 643.9 million shipments. The entire smart home market, comprised of smart speakers, video entertainment products, connected lighting, smart thermostats, and home monitoring/security products, is forecast to be nearly 1.3 billion devices by 2022 with a five-year […]

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Telecoms

Workforce-Customer Experiences as Next Frontier for Telco Success

Since GSM was first demonstrated in Cape Town in 1993 and the first GSM networks launched the next year, the telco industry has fundamentally transformed every country on the African continent. As some of the largest employers, most admired – and valuable – brands, and most innovative companies on the continent, telcos have been synonymous […]

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