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Nigeria is offering tax waivers and direct presidential backing to any smartphone manufacturer that breaks ground on a local factory before November. The pitch…
Kenya's High Court struck down the government's power to block websites without a court order, ruling the provision amounted to censorship with no real…
A Kenyan court ordered Nokia to pay a former employee KSh 9.8 million, ruling that companies can no longer point to "restructuring" alone to…
President Trump's threat of 100% tariffs on European nations over digital services taxes comes just days after the US and EU finalized a new…
Nine out of every ten Nigerian children face at least one form of cyber risk. That is the finding from a recent report by…
Nigeria is backing a cross-border African payment card that settles in local currencies, with no dollar or euro in the middle. It sounds new,…
Namibia's regulator has thrown out Starlink's appeal, keeping Elon Musk's service locked out over a 51% local-ownership rule. The block is less about Musk…
Zambia’s police service has issued a formal warning against the creation and spread of misleading AI-generated content targeting senior government officials. The police say…
The CBN wants every bank and fintech to store payment data on local servers by January 2027. The goal is sovereignty and security. The…
MTN says it'll start retiring some 3G networks before 2030. The surprise is which network outlives it. 2G is staying put, because POS terminals,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all banks, fintech companies, and payment service providers to store payment transaction data generated within Nigeria…
Less than 18 months after a bruising 50 percent hike in telecom tariffs, the International Monetary Fund is recommending that Nigeria introduce a brand-new…
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