Teen Accounts Roll Out Globally on Facebook and Messenger
Meta announced on Thursday that its Teen Accounts are now being expanded to teens on Facebook and Messenger globally, after initially only being available...
The Battle for Online Free Speech: Activists, Algorithms, or Authority? By Shuaib S. Agaka
The Battle for Online Free Speech: Activists, Algorithms, or Authority?
By Shuaib S. Agaka
At this year's annual Economic Confidential Lecture, Kashifu Inuwa, the Director General...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
