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5 December

Cloudflare experienced its second outage in a month, causing widespread connectivity issues despite scheduled maintenance in several data centres. Multiple global platforms and Nigerian news sites were impacted as the ...

5 December

African startups secured $162 million in November 2025, marking a 63% drop from October and signalling a slowdown in venture activity. South Africa led deal values, with SolarSaver topping the ...

1 December

Nigerian rapper and activist Eedris Abdulkareem says Facebook and Instagram suspended his accounts following the release of his new protest track, “Open Letter to Donald Trump,” which criticises corruption and ...

21 November

TikTok deleted over 7.4 million videos in Nigeria in the first half of 2025—about 41,000 videos daily. Discover the violations behind the surge, the role of AI moderation, and why ...

23 September

ECOWAS has finalized a draft directive on electronic communications to harmonize digital regulations across West Africa, aiming to boost investment, innovation, and regional integration. ...

22 September

Lagos Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat donates a solar-powered ICT centre to Odo Abore Primary School, pledging Lagos is fully prepared to implement Nigeria’s new school curriculum. ...

22 September

Apple’s new iPhone 17 has been unveiled in Moscow with strong pre-orders, despite Russia’s slowing economy, high interest rates, and soaring prices due to parallel imports. ...

22 September

Canal+ finalizes $3 billion acquisition of MultiChoice Group, reshaping Africa’s pay-TV landscape. MultiChoice reconstitutes board, aligns financial year with Canal+, and prepares for global expansion. ...

22 September

A new OpenAI study shows that 70% of ChatGPT usage is for personal tasks like advice, writing, and information seeking—while only 30% is work-related. Here’s what the data reveals. ...

22 September

President Donald Trump confirmed that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, and Dell CEO Michael Dell may join the investor group taking control of TikTok U.S. operations. Here’s what ...

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