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Somalian Government To Build Innovation Hub

The Somalian Ministry of Post, Telecom and Technology has rolled out plan to establish the first national innovation center aimed at facilitating the creation of an ICT innovation ecosystem and.

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UN, Egypt Hold Hackathon

The United Nations Egypt in partnership with the Ministry of Social Solidarity, RiseUp, and PepsiCo are organizing a three-day Hackathon where 21 teams of youth aged between 18-29 will compete.

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IDU South Africa Partners With Microsoft Azure

South Africa’s Idu-Concept has collaborated with Microsoft Azure to expand its cloud offering. IDU has made its flagship idu-Concept suite of products available on both a private and public cloud.

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Ericsson Launches 5G and IoT University Competition in Egypt in Cooperation with the MCIT

Ericsson, in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, is organizing a competition on the use cases of 5G and IoT in the digital city. The.

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Researchers Develop Vector-controlled Repellent

Tanzania’s Ifakara Health Institute has developed a repellent to control mosquitoes that spread dengue, Chikunganya and Zika diseases, a senior research scientist revealed on Monday. Nico Govella, IHI Senior Research.

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Vodacom, Facebook to Launch Facebook Flex in Lesotho

Vodacom Lesotho has recently announced a new partnership with Facebook to launch Facebook Flex, a connectivity service that allows peoples to stay connected with news updates all free of charge..

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Malawi To Crack Down On Cyberabusers

Clara Mwafulirwa , the Corporate Communications Manager, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), has warned that the authority would punish all abusers of the internet because doing so was contravening the.

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Two Kenyan Telco’s Merger Awaits Government Approval

Two of Kenya’s second tier Telco’s namely Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya announced plans to merge, with the emerging entity to be referred to as Airtel-Telkom. The signing of the.

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$600 Million Deal, Veon To Buy Out Egypt’s Global Telecom

Telecoms operator VEON Ltd has said it will offer 5.30 Egyptian pounds ($0.3005) per share for the 42.3 percent of Cairo-listed Global Telecom Holding it does not already own. The.

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MTN South Africa slashes data rate.

Africa’s communication giant, MTN, has slashed its out of bundle (OOB) data rate by up to 75 percent for prepaid customers in South Africa. The mobile operator will also be.

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