The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has called for in-depth review of various taxing strategies for the digital economy. President and Chairman of Council, CITN, Adesina Adedayo said this was necessary to resolve the uncertainty around taxing the digital economy as well as block revenue tax leakages. Speaking at the institute’s 47th induction […]
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The growing sophistication and affordability of unmanned systems could ease Africa’s shortage of maritime security resources. On 29 October, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The flagship of the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Makarov, and a minesweeper were […]
Nairobi — With just a few hours to the official launch of the much-talked about Hustlers Fund, Kenyans are about to witness the fulfilment of one of the major elections pledges made by President William Ruto and his Kenya Kwanza team. Thousands of Kenyans are already seated at the newly constructed Green Park termini, waiting […]
Poised to give customers access to cellular service via a virtual SIM, network operator AirtelTigo has introduced an Embedded SIM (eSIM) service in Ghana. This means that users with eSIM compatible phones will no longer require physical SIM cards, allowing them to use different providers on the same phone. The Chief Executive Officer AirtelTigo, Leo […]
To tackle insecurity, especially within its borders, the Kogi State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese investors for the provision of high technology security architecture. The first-of-its-kind smart technology will capture movements in and out of Kogi State from a command and control centre to decimate terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements […]
Fintechs in Africa are creating financial inclusiveness for undeserved communities The African fintech industry is booming. From the number of fintech to the size of funding, African fintech is the newest investment magnet. Sector studies show that the African fintech industry has almost tripled in just one year (2020-2021). The estimated number of tech start-ups […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DESA, will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the overarching theme “Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future”. There […]
-against Cellcom, Orange Authorities at Liberia’s leading GSM Company Lonestar Cell MTN have begun contemplating plans to launch legal proceedings against Cellcom and Orange Liberia Inc., in relation to the cyber-attack carried out against the company in 2016. The move comes as the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday arraigned notorious hacker Daniel Kaye for alleged […]
Zindi, the biggest network for professional data scientists in Africa, has partnered with Ernst & Young Africa to host a series of machine learning hackathons for its employees. Participants will be challenged to build a machine learning model that can monitor methane gas levels on the continent. In October 2021, Ernst & Young Global became […]
Smart urbanism is about using digital technologies to address urban problems. Across the continent, digital technologies and smart initiatives have been applied in myriad ways, including crime control, urban planning and traffic management. It hasn’t always worked, however. Sometimes these initiatives have failed because the technologies weren’t well integrated into the local context. Or policies […]
Ghana together with two other African countries will be benefiting from a project dubbed “Technology-en-abled Open School for All” project meant to transform the future of schools systems and learning through digital economy. The project is a joint one by the United Nations Educational, Sci-entific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and Huawei. Addressing a side event […]
Efforts to elevate complex issues like climate change could provide pointers for inspiring urgency on cybersecurity. With global attention on the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm-el-Sheikh, the question of how to make long-term, complex and multi-dimensional issues matter to policymakers in Africa has emerged. A second question is how to inject […]
IN the mid of the UN COP27 summit in Egypt, the city of Dar es Salaam and other parts of Tanzania face severe water shortages that were brought on by drought. At the UN COP27 heads of state, ministers and negotiators, along with climate activists, mayors, civil society representatives and CEOs convened in the Egyptian […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects at many workplaces in Uganda with several enterprises forced to go through unparalleled disruptions, and adapting to new circumstances. Many enterprises have had to alter their operations and production processes, human resource strategies, work modalities and many other aspects of their enterprises. This was revealed in the report: […]
Officials at the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) finalized the drafting of a regulation that will govern the import, operation, and production of drones in the country. The authority has been working on the regulation for the last three years in collaboration with the Information Network Security Agency (INSA).The draft prevents individuals and entities from […]
Nairobi — Interior CS Kithure Kindiki says the government will introduce cameras to reduce the number of traffic police officers who are accused of traffic snarl-up on the roads. Among some of the measures the government is looking forward to mitigate and improve are road safety management by reducing the backlog of duties for the […]
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia is set to host the U.N.’s annual Internet Governance Forum later this month, despite an ongoing communications blackout in its war-damaged Tigray region. The government-imposed blackout in the Tigray region has left six million people without phone or internet access for nearly two years. The November 28 forum is expected to […]
A coalition of leading Ugandan rights groups and lawyers on Thursday filed a court challenge in Kampala to a controversial internet law, which they say is aimed at curbing free speech and targeting government opponents. The amendment to the Computer Misuse Act, signed into law by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last month, has been criticised […]