The restriction on Subscriber Identity Module, SIM registration on 2020 cost Nigeria over nine million data subscribers in 2021, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, 2021 Annual report and Accounts for the year, report has said. The report which was released recently also said that active telecom subscribers declined by 4.67 percent from 204,601,313 subscribers in […]
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Nairobi — All VAT-registered businesses will be required to only accept electronic invoices from registered taxpayers starting June 1 2023. According to a statement from the KRA Commissioner General, the move is in compliance with the VAT (Electronic Tax Invoice) Regulations 2020 for purposes of claiming input tax and processing of refunds. The Commissioner General […]
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Namibia Welcomes First Digital Nomads
Namibia officially recorded her first digital nomads just five months after the official launch of the country’s Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) on 11 October 2022. The programme was launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration and Security (MHAISS) and the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB), with the aim of enhancing economic activity […]
One of Sierra Leone’s leading telecommunication companies, Africell, has on May 3rd, awarded the sum of Fifty Thousand Leones (50,000) to the winner of the Ramadan Hut Show. The 14-year-old winner, Bryan Decker Jnr. expressed delight during the award ceremony, adding that he never believed in the show as there are a lot of scammers […]
.The new appointee will also hold the role of regional operating director of the telecom operator. Airtel Africa has appointed Carl Cruz, the outgoing managing director of consumer goods company Unilever West Africa, as the new chief executive of its Nigerian unit. Mr Cruz, who gave up the top position at Unilever Nigeria on 4 […]
Nairobi — The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has launched a countrywide awareness campaign that seeks to inform members of the public on their rights to data protection. The pilot phase, which targets Machakos, Tana River, and Garissa counties, kicked off in Machakos, where the Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait joined the county’s Assistant […]
Following the outcome of a recent survey report carried out in Africa by JIC Holdings, which showed that only 13 out of 53 countries surveyed in Africa have an active 5G network as at the end of 2022, experts across Africa are divided in their views about the significance of 5G rollout in the development […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Today, the National Bank of Ethiopia, together with the International Financial Corporation (IFC), Financial Sector Deepening-Ethiopia (FSD-Ethiopia), Kifiya Financial Technology, and the Mastercard Foundation participated in a second knowledge series entitled “Data-Driven MSME Digital Lending for an Inclusive Economy.” The knowledge series aims to: Bridge the knowledge gap in uncollateralized […]
THE communication sector in Tanzania is booming as the country approaches the 100 per cent penetration mark. Tanzania is experiencing tremendous growth of its communication sector as the penetration is close to 100 per cent in the East African State. Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)’s latest report covering January-March 2023 states the overall penetration is […]
Seychelles is introducing a new Centre for Excellence in Technology to give secondary students, with more interest in technology enterprise rather than in academic studies, a better chance to excel in fisheries, agriculture, construction, food technology, transportation, and engineering, amongst others. The new school for TVET – Technical and Vocational Education and Training – and […]
Over 300 participants met in Côte d’Ivoire this week for the second edition of the NewSpace Africa conference. The event explores ways in which space can help boost local economies, fight climate change and improve agricultural technologies. The second edition of NewSpace Africa gathered three times more participants than the first conference, in 2022 in […]
Google has released data highlighting the top sustainability-related trends in Nigeria, which showcases Nigerians’ growing interest in environmental issues, as they search for answers to questions and learn more about the pressing concerns of our planet. According to the data, Nigerians are showing a strong desire to understand environmental terms and concepts, such as global […]
The laptop owner, Joe Abah, in a tweet, narrated how he accidentally spilt some liquid on his new MacBook Pro. A Nigerian laptop technician has won praise and admiration after he reportedly fixed a MacBook Pro for a client at a fraction of the cost charged by an official Apple dealer. The laptop owner, Joe […]
The report showed that the figure for the last quarter of 2022 represented a 13.87 per cent rise in voice subscriptions on a year-on-year basis. There were 222.5 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as of the end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 […]
Nairobi — Safaricom has increased its 5G coverage to 28 towns across 21 counties, allowing its customers to enjoy ultra fast Internet services. The telco has also introduced 5G data bundles to enable its over 400,000 customers using 5G smartphones to browse at ultra-fast speeds, with typical speeds of 400Mbps to 700Mbps. The 5G bundles […]
Parliament on April 20 ratified the Smart Africa Alliance agreement, which aims to transform Africa into a digital single market and promote the use of technology and innovation across the African continent by 2030. The move was presented by the Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire, and was highly welcomed by the plenary sitting […]
Cape Town — Facebook parent company Meta has been dealt a blow during a legal battle in Kenya where a court found that the corporation has a case to answer over its allegedly unlawful dismissal of employees and blacklisting of content moderators, TechCrunch reports. This comes after over 200 people challenged the corporation’s move to […]
Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) has advanced the need to leverage on technology to monitor forests and other ungoverned spaces used as havens by criminals across the country. Magashi stated this at the opening of the 12th National Security Seminar with the theme “Application of Technology as Force Multiplier in Enhancing Peace and […]