SHORT-FORM video took centre stage at tech and social media companies’ annual presentations to advertisers, as platforms such as Snap and Meta look to capitalise on TikTok’s political uncertainty in the US to take ad US dollars from their rival. The presentations in New York, known as the NewFronts, come just a week after US …
Tech Platforms Make Pitch For Ad Deals As TikTok Is Roiled By Politics. Read More »
Google and the U.S. Justice Department wrapped up closing arguments on Friday over claims that the Alphabet unit has unlawfully dominated web search and related advertising, in a case the government contends could shape the “future of the internet.” U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington for hours grilled both sides with questions, probing whether …
Google Trial Wraps Up As Judge Weighs Landmark US Antitrust Claims. Read More »
MTN Ghana has signed a long-term roaming agreement with AT (previously AirtelTigo, and is nearing the end of negotiations with Telecel for a similar deal, it has been revealed. As it reported its first-quarter performance, the telco provided a national roaming update, stating that sharing infrastructure is critical to ensuring universal access and speeding Ghana’s …
MTN Ghana Signs Roaming Pact With AT, As Telecel Deal Nears. Read More »
Unprecedented flooding has plunged most of Kenya into darkness, leaving a large parts of the country without telecom and internet services. Power supply issues, which resulted in an internet blackout on Thursday, are the latest setback for the East African country following recent weeks of flooding that killed over 180 people. As the toll rises, …
Floods In Kenya Cause Power And Internet Outages. Read More »
Google has asked a US judge not to enforce widespread changes to its Play Store that were proposed by Epic Games during the companies’ antitrust battle. Google claimed in a court filing on Thursday (2 May) that Epic’s proposal “would make it nearly impossible for Google to compete”. In 2023, Epic Games won its antitrust …
Google Fights Against Epic Games’ Proposal For Major Play Store Overhaul. Read More »
For most of the past year and a half, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has fielded questions from Wall Street analysts about his plans for artificial intelligence amid grumbling that the iPhone maker has no AI story to tell. After the company reported quarterly earnings on Thursday, Cook insisted that Apple will have concrete details …
Apple Has Big AI Ambitions – At A Lower Cost Than Its Rivals. Read More »
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center has appointed Flutterwave as the new Vice Chair of the U.S.-Africa Business Center Board of Directors, with Founder and CEO, Olugbenga GB Agboola, representing the company. Flutterwave empowers businesses globally to expand into Africa and other emerging markets through a platform facilitating local and cross-border transactions via a …
Flutterwave CEO Appointed Vice Chair of US Business Board. Read More »
Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana or Scancom PLC) announces its unaudited results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The key highlights are: Subscribers Mobile subscribers increased by 1.2% to 27.8 million. Active data subscribers increased by 15.3% to 16.0 million. Active Mobile Money (MoMo) users increased by 16.1% to 15.6 million. Service revenue grew by …
MTN Ghana Releases First Quarter 2024 Trading Update. Read More »
Manzana has just updated its rules for app distribution in the European Union, both from the App Store and through third-party stores. After receiving much criticism for the introduction of the Core Technology Fee (CTF), a fee of 0.50 euros for each download after exceeding 1 million first annual installations in Europe, those from Cupertino …
Apple Will Not Charge The Core Technology Fee To Apps Without Monetization. Read More »
Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has for more than a decade, controlled an overwhelming majority of technology support services for both state and private institutions in Ghana, has dared to sue the National Communications Authority (NCA) for introducing a new license that allows local and smaller players into that space. This is what a country …
Over-pampered Huawei Sues NCA, Rejects Local Partnership. Read More »
