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Starlink grows Kenya’s satellite tv for pc web customers 10x in a 12 months

Starlink grows Kenya’s satellite tv for pc web customers 10x in a 12 months

Less than a year after Starlink launched in Kenya in July 2023, the number of users has multiplied more than tenfold, signalling fast adoption of the Elon Musk-owned internet service. Three months before the launch,…

Subsequent Wave: How edtech accelerators can form the way forward for work in Africa

Subsequent Wave: How edtech accelerators can form the way forward for work in Africa

Edtech in Africa stands at a critical juncture. While traditional VC funding remains scarce, accelerators offer a lifeline...

Unique: Nigerian Banks start cost of $132 million USSD debt to telcos

Unique: Nigerian Banks start cost of $132 million USSD debt to telcos

₦200 billion. That’s how much Nigerian banks owe telecom companies for using Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD) banking. That debt has been a source of friction between banks and telcos for six years and has…

Knowledge debacle: Unauthorised web sites provide NIN verification regardless of NIMC blacklist

Knowledge debacle: Unauthorised web sites provide NIN verification regardless of NIMC blacklist

Two websites selling the personal information of millions of Nigerians, idfinder.com.ng and championtech.com are still operational two days after the country’s Identity Management Commission (NIMC) confirmed they were unlicenced. After media reports on Friday, NIMC…

JAMB proclaims 2024 cutoff mark launch date and extra

JAMB proclaims 2024 cutoff mark launch date and extra

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is gearing up for its policy meeting on admissions, scheduled for July 18th, 2024. This session will set the stage for determining the JAMB cutoff mark 2024, which…

Flutterwave lays off 3% of its workforce because it doubles down on enterprise and remittance

Flutterwave lays off 3% of its workforce because it doubles down on enterprise and remittance

African payments giant Flutterwave has laid off about 30 people—around 3% of its workforce—three months after it spoke about repositioning its business to focus on remittance and enterprise, its two biggest revenue drivers. That change…

Botswana nears highest unemployment charge since 2008 forward of 2024 polls

Botswana nears highest unemployment charge since 2008 forward of 2024 polls

At least two in ten Batswana are unemployed, despite claims by President Mokgweetsi Masisi in 2023 that his government created 100,000 jobs. Botswana’s unemployment rate is edging closer to its highest-ever figure since 2008.  The…

Anybody can purchase your Nigerian id for ₦190 on this unlicenced web site

Anybody can purchase your Nigerian id for ₦190 on this unlicenced web site

AnyVerify, a website that claims to help businesses verify their customers, is selling the personal information of over 100 million Nigerians—including National Identification Number (NIN), Bank Verification Number (BVN), and Tax Identification number—despite being unlicensed…

As President Ruto digs in on finance invoice, protesters say there’s no turning again

As President Ruto digs in on finance invoice, protesters say there’s no turning again

President Ruto and members of the ruling Kwanza coalition say the matter of the finance bill is done. Ordinary Kenyans are just getting started. On Thursday, a lethal police response failed to break the resolve…

US lawmakers go to detained Binance govt in Kuje jail

US lawmakers go to detained Binance govt in Kuje jail

Two US lawmakers, French Hill and Chrissy Houhalan have called for the immediate release of detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan after visiting him in Kuje prison on Wednesday, demanding that all charges against him be…

New Google Pixel digicam replace 2024

New Google Pixel digicam replace 2024

Google has rolled out the Pixel Camera v9.4 update. This update delivers several significant enhancements to devices such as the Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Fold. Here, we outline key features and…

Code to share knowledge on Airtel 2024

Code to share knowledge on Airtel 2024

Airtel’s data sharing feature comes in handy when you need to share data with another Airtel user. Here’s how you can use USSD code to share data to help out your fellow Airtel users in…