France’s telecom firm Orange has submitted an expression of interest to participate in the ongoing partial privatisation of Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom firm, Ethiopia’s ambassador to Paris said on Twitter on Tuesday. Henok Teferra Shawl said in a tweet Orange had “formally submitted interest to participate in the partial privatisation of @ethiotelecom.” Last month, Ethiopia launched...
Read MoreBy Oludare Mayowa “In 2001, Airtel procured its operating license in Nigeria and in 2021 it has renewed the same operating license for another 10-year-period. While it is possible to procure and renew an operating license, you can only earn a social license. “A social license is the love, loyalty, friendship and affection you...
Read MoreA U.S. judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust lawsuits against Facebook Inc that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. Facebook shares rose more than 4 percent after the ruling was issued. The share price rise put Facebook’s market cap over $1 trillion for the first time....
Read MoreA Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court barred the federal government from prosecuting people who’ve used Twitter after the government banned the platform. The ruling was pending a hearing next month on a lawsuit challenging the government suspension of the social-media network. The ruling by the sub-regional court on Tuesday stated that President...
Read MoreAfter a volatile weekend, Bitcoin has once again surpassed $40,000, reaching its highest level in more than two weeks. The world’s largest crypto gained as much as 4.5 percent Monday to $41,020, extending its rally to a second day. The coin has rallied roughly 9 percent since Friday. The wider Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index,...
Read More… Moves to expand to Ethiopia, Mexico Nigeria’s biggest mobile payments company, Paga may reach a valuation of at least $1 billion by 2023 as it has more than double transactions on its platforms within the last four years. According to chief executive officer, Tayo Oviosu, Paga Modeled after PayPal, has processed $2.3 billion...
Read More…Department of State says suspension violates Nigerian rights By Oludare Mayowa The United States on Thursday condemned the suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government and subsequent threats to arrest and prosecute Nigerians who use Twitter. In a statement by the US Department of State and signed by its spokesman, Ned Price, the department...
Read MoreKenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday urged Ethiopia to open up its telecoms sector to private mobile money business investors, a move that would complement a process already underway to reform the sector and bring in foreign investment. Ethiopia is opening up its telecoms sector, hitherto a monopoly of the state-owned Ethio Telecom, and...
Read MoreTwitter, the microblogging platform has reached out to Nigeria and called for a high level discussion with the authority over the recent suspension of its activities in the country, according to the minister of information, Lai Mohammed. Mohammed who spoke after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting said Twitter has reached out to the federal government seeking high-level...
Read MoreSamuel Anyaele regularly tells his students that everything they need to write a software code can be found on their mobile phones. He writes HTML codes on his phone, which are displayed on a monitor in a tiny classroom in Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity. His students look up at the big screen and down at...
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