Indian Court Rules Elon Musk’s X Has No Free Speech Rights as a Foreign...
An Indian court has dismissed Elon Musk’s X’s challenge to the government’s content takedown orders, ruling that the social media platform, as a foreign entity, does not have constitutional free speech...
DStv and GOtv Lose Millions of Subscribers as Kenyans Ditch Pay-TV
DStv subscriptions in Kenya dropped to 188,824 by June 2025, down from 1.2 million a year earlier, according to new data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). GOtv, also owned...
Nigeria Delays Replacement of NigComSat-1R Satellite to 2028
Nigeria has pushed back the timeline for replacing its ageing communications satellite, NigComSat-1R, to 2028—three years later than initially planned. Launched in 2011 with a 15-year design cycle, the Chinese-built satellite...
WhatsApp Introduces In-App Message Translation for Global Users
Meta has rolled out a new translation feature on WhatsApp to make cross-language communication easier for its over 3 billion users worldwide. The feature, which began rolling out on Tuesday, allows...
Airtel Africa to Build Tech Hubs in Nigeria and DRC
Airtel Africa has announced plans to establish technology hubs in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of efforts to boost digital skills across its 14 markets on the...
Only 30% of Consumers Use ChatGPT for Work-related Tasks – Study
Only 30 percent of consumers use ChatGPT for work-related tasks, according to a new study conducted by OpenAI and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
The working paper, published in September...
ICT Sector Contributes 11.18% to Nigeria’s GDP in Q2 2025
Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector strengthened its role as a key driver of economic growth in the second quarter of 2025, contributing 11.18% to real Gross Domestic Product (GDP),...
Uber Contributed N34 Billion to Nigeria’s Economy in 2023 — Report
Ride-hailing company Uber added an estimated N34 billion to Nigeria’s economy in 2023, according to the Uber Nigeria Economic Impact Report released at the Lagos Road Mobility Summit. The study, conducted...
CAC to Deploy AI Agent to Clear 7,000 Backlog of Company Registrations
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced plans to deploy an Artificial Intelligence agent to address a backlog of 7,000 company registration applications and ease ongoing service delays.
Registrar-General Hussaini Ishaq Magaji,...
Meta Introduces AI Assistant to Facebook Dating
Meta has announced that it is rolling out an AI assistant to Facebook Dating in a bid to help users find more tailored matches and reduce what it calls “swipe fatigue.”
The...
