As part of their commitment to promoting gender equality and inclusivity in the technology sector, MTN Ghana and Mobile Web Ghana have partnered to celebrate the International Day for Girls in ICT. The two organizations aim to inspire and empower young girls to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Through this program, …
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Damage to an undersea cable off the African coast is exacerbating disruptions of internet services to the continent, impacting customers on the islands of Mauritius and Reunion. Efforts to repair the South Africa-Far East (Safe) cable, which links Mauritius and Reunion to South Africa, India and Malaysia, have been put in motion, said Port Louis-based Mauritius …
Beginning May 10, 2024 food delivery service Glovo will no more be available in Ghana. A statement on its various social media handles said “We would like to inform you that Glovo has made the difficult decision to close down our Ghana operations.” The statement added that “This means that as of May 10, 10:00pm, …
Glovo Closing Down In Ghana Over Non-Profitability. Read More »
Microsoft pledged a US$2.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in Malaysia on Thursday (May 2) to help develop the country’s AI infrastructure. The tech giant’s chief executive Satya Nadella is on a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia – to announce a range of investments in data centres, …
Microsoft To Invest $2.2 Bln In Cloud And AI Services In Malaysia. Read More »
Multi-platform web browser company Opera has ceased its free data campaigns in Kenya in response to a regulatory directive by local authorities aimed at curbing advertisements featured on speed dials, commonly referred to as bookmarks, within web browsers. The recently concluded initiative, introduced four years ago, provided Kenyan users with up to 50MBs (megabytes) of …
Opera Suspends Free Data Offers In Kenya Amid Regulatory Changes. Read More »
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported a 10-fold increase in operating profit for the last quarter as the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies drives a rebound in the markets for computer memory chips. The South Korean semiconductor and smartphone giant said its operating profit for the Jan-March quarter came in at 6.6 trillion won ($4.8 billion), …
A coin called TON has leapt in value in recent months, with investors betting its integration with messenger service Telegram could bring the cryptocurrency to the app’s estimated 900 million users. Telegram endorsed TON in September last year, saying the blockchain and associated token would be its “official Web3 infrastructure”. Earlier this month, TON said …
Shares in Apple Inc closed up 2.5% on Monday after a well-known analyst at Bernstein Societe Generale Group upgraded the stock to an “outperform” rating, pointing to the prospects for phone replacement phone sales with help from generative artificial intelligence updates. Apple registered its biggest one-day percentage gain in more than two weeks after the …
Apple Shares Rise After Bernstein Analyst Takes Bullish Stance. Read More »
Apple’s iPad will face heightened regulation in the European Union after officials labeled its operating system Monday as a key gatekeeper technology under EU competition law. The European Commission’s formal designation of iPadOS subjects it to tough rules applied to only a handful of other digital platforms controlled by the likes of Amazon, Google and …
Apple’s IPadOS Subject To Tough EU Tech Rules, EU Says. Read More »
Ukraine’s military spy agency GUR said on Monday that the management of the Telegram messaging platform has blocked a number of official bots that opposed Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. “Today, the management of the Telegram platform unreasonably blocked a number of official bots that opposed Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, including the main Intelligence …
Ukraine Spy Agency Says Telegram Platform Blocks Its Key Bots. Read More »
