News
- Meta’s Undersea Ambitions: A Cable to Power the AI Future 18/02/2025
- India Launches ‘.bank.in’ and ‘.fin.in’ Domains to Deter Financial Fraud 08/02/2025
- 12-Year-Old’s Lost Video Has Resurfaced, Discussing Bitcoin at $8 and the Power of Peer-to-Peer Transactions 02/02/2025
- New VPN Protocol Outsmarts VPN Blockers 31/01/2025
- RDAP Replaces WHOIS: A New Era in Domain Name Data Management 28/01/2025
Africa ICT Updates
- Africa: Energy And Digitalization In Africa - Accelerating Without Compromising The Future 04/03/2025[allAfrica] 600 million. This is the alarming number of Africans who still live without access to electricity. This figure h ighlights the scale of the continent's energy challenge. However, with an estimated growth rate of 3.7% in 2024, Africa is displaying an economic vitality that stands in stark contrast to the much more moderate rate […]
- Zimbabwe: Ministry of ICT Advocates for Gender Equality 04/03/2025[The Herald] The Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services is committed to advocating for gender equality and addressing the stigma around reproductive sexual health through the use of ICT gadgets.
- Zimbabwe: Government Moves to Safeguard Citizens' Digital Privacy 04/03/2025[The Herald] The collection of personal data by both the Zimbabwean authorities and multinational technology corporations has raised concerns among citizens, primarily due to the lack of disclosure and responsibility surrounding the storage and usage of such data.
- Nigeria: South Africa Investigates Google, X, Meta, Fines Google R500m for Imbalance Advertising Revenue 04/03/2025[This Day] South Africa's Competition Commission is currently investigating Google, X and Meta platforms and has fined Google between R300 million to R500 million a year 'provisional remedy' for five years, to compensate local news media, including online, television and radio, for the imbalance in competition and digital advertising revenue.
- Uganda: Airtel Money Launches Global Virtual Visa Card 04/03/2025[Nile Post] Airtel Money and Visa have unveiled a new virtual card that enables customers in Uganda to shop using their mobile money account at more than 100 million merchants across 200 countries through Visa's global network.