Airtel customers in Congo can now text via satellite without a dish
Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched the first commercial satellite-to-mobile service in Africa, starting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched the first commercial satellite-to-mobile service in Africa, starting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Leaked investor documents show the Claude chatbot maker's Q2 2026 revenue jumped to more than $11.5 billion, up from $787 million a year earlier.
NITDA is accepting applications from Nigerian startups across AI, fintech, healthtech and more to showcase at GITEX Nigeria 2026. Deadline: 21 August.
NITDA alerts users to patch critical Windows RDP flaws allowing remote code execution and data theft.
Yellow Card closed its consumer crypto exchange across Africa on 1 January 2026 to focus on stablecoin infrastructure for businesses.
NITDA is coordinating agencies to make Nigeria Startup Act incentives real for labelled startups, from tax holidays to a ₦10bn seed fund.
OpenAI is previewing Ultrafast, a Cerebras-powered API tier that runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 750 tokens per second. It is open only to select customers.
OPay swung from a $50.98m loss to a $72.47m profit in FY2025 as revenue jumped 161% and transaction volume doubled. Here's what the numbers reveal.
The musician's cross-border startup Choplife is now operating from Itana, Nigeria's first digital free zone, to expand across Africa.
X released ranking code and an "Under the Hood" tool showing labels that limit post visibility, including signs of shadowbanning.
Criminals are adopting AI faster than law enforcement, using deepfakes and synthetic identities to defraud banks, telcos, and governments.
Nigeria is stepping up protection for telecom infrastructure after road construction damaged 5,000 fibre links in six months.
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