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South African President to Inaugurate the International Telecommunication Union in Durban

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Monday, 10 September 2018, open the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World Conference 2018 at the iNkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban. Information and.

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Nigeria Postal Services Set to Build Digital Address and Address Verification System

The Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, has stated that it is set to build Digital Addressing System, (DAS), while also providing Address Verification System, (AVS), to bridge addressing gap and provide.

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Paystack, in Partnership with Stripe and Visa, Raises $8million Series A Funding

  Nigerian payments company Paystack has raised Series A funding from global payments leaders Stripe, Visa, and Tencent In little over two years, Paystack has grown to power tens of.

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Vodacom Group Creates Africa’s First Commercial 5G Service

Vodacom Group has announced that it has created Africa’s first standards-based, commercial 5G service in Lesotho using 3.5GHz spectrum to initially deliver Fixed-Wireless Access broadband services to two enterprise customers.

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Developing Countries Need to Wake Up To the Risks of New Technologies

BY PROFESSOR RALPH HAMANN Technological advances associated with the fourth industrial revolution – including artificial intelligence – allow the automation of an increasingly wide array of processes in increasingly interactive and sophisticated.

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Liberia Govt. Launches Information Network to Aid Transparency

The Liberian government in a bid to enhance and promote accountability, transparency and easy access of government information by anyone locally and internationally has launched an e-network. This information was.

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Kenya Encourages Africa to Unite on Global ICT Agenda

Kenya has challenged the African continent to unite and speak with one voice at global ICT decision-making forums. ICT Cabinet Secretary Mr. Joe Mucheru cited lack of a common stand.

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Over Half of Sub-Saharan Population Will Be Connected to Mobile Service by 2025

In most parts of Sub-saharan Africa, mobile phones are easier to access than even basic things such as electricity. A decade after these devices began to spread in Africa, they.

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COMESA Equips Women Entrepreneurs with Digital Networking Platform

The planning process of the 50 Million African Women Speak (50MWS) Digital Platform for women entrepreneurs has begun following the commencement of the workshop held at the COMESA Secretariat in.

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Five Nigerian Teenage Girls Win World Tech Competition in San Francisco

A team of five (5) teenage girls representing Nigeria has defeated teams from the US, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to win the 2018 Technovation world pitch junior division which.

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