Etisalat

African Tech Roundup: Etisalat Nigeria’s creditors call in massive debt + Simon Dingle on bitcoin and blockchain tech

Audio, ecosystem

Andile Masuku

14th March 2017

Technology, digital and innovation highlights from across Africa and beyond

TechCabal daily: The 6.7% club

Digest

Mobisola Atolagbe

14th March 2017

Etisalat HQ is considering divesting its interest in its Nigerian subsidiary and Jobberman has released its list of the top 100 companies to work for in Nigeria

Nigerians, prepare to pay more for your mobile data this December

News

Mobisola Atolagbe

29th November 2016

It’s all thanks to Big Brother NCC

Etisalat Nigeria has officially launched its 4G LTE service

News

Tola Agunbiade

11th October 2016

Existing users don’t need to swap their sims

Nigerian telcos and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad tale of “text STOP to 2442”

Technology

Osarumen Osamuyi

11th July 2016

You will be disturbed. Your Do-Not-Disturb will not save you.

Ntel (FKA NITEL) just made its first VoLTE call ahead of its launch later this year

Government, Internet, News, Technology

Osarumen Osamuyi

26th February 2016

Is this the NITEL resurrection we’ve all been waiting for?

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Facing multiple lawsuits and $120 million losses, Jumia unearths fraud in earnings report

African Tech Roundup, Business, Digest, ecosystem, long reads, News, startups, Technology

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Business, Government, Policy, Politics

Abubakar Idris

21st August 2019

Stable electricity generation and supply has been a challenge for many African countries for years. In 2014, only 45% of the continent’s 1.2 billion people had access to electricity. When North African countries were excluded, the figure dropped to less than 30%. In 2015, the 48 countries in Sub Saharan Africa produced around 80,000 megawatts […]

National Archives: Nigeria’s memories are brittle and falling apart without digitisation

Government, Research

Wole Olayinka

20th August 2019

Without urgent intervention, collective memories of Nigerian society that live in the national archives face certain extinction.

ATCG Kigali summit ends with recommendations for free trade implementation

AfCFTA, Business, ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Events, Government

Aanu Adeoye

19th August 2019

The Africa Technology and Creative Group’s (ATCG) two-day meet-up in Kigali ended Friday with recommendations on the governance structure, definitive guide on the goals and objectives of the group in relation to the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The ATCG is a coalition of technology and creative professionals who are devoted […]

Ezekwesili tasks African youths on making a success of AfCFTA as Kigali meet-up flags off

AfCFTA, Business, ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Events, Government

Aanu Adeoye

15th August 2019

And so to Kigali. On Thursday, August 15, more than 80 people from 30 African countries gathered in the sleepy and well-manicured Rwandan capital to discuss how to create a framework to ensure the success of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Industry leaders in the technology and creative ecosystems were in attendance on […]

Kobo360 raises US$ 30M, sets its sights on the $1.3 trillion intra-African trade opportunity

people, startups

Olanrewaju Odunowo

14th August 2019

Investors are betting on Kobo360’s ability to meet a rise in demand in cargo deliveries on the back of the newly-minted Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). But the startup’s ambitions will partly depend on the proper and effective implementation of the AfCFTA.

Questions arise over rules of origin in Africa’s free trade agreement

Business, Developers, ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Government, Hardware, Internet, News

Abubakar Idris

14th August 2019

The AfCFTA faces many hurdles on its road to success and a crucial one is the rule governing rules of origin: an important but complicated topic that has implications for manufacturing businesses.