Over 4,300 Fake FIFA World Cup Domains Registered Ahead of 2026 Tournament
Cybercriminals have registered more than 4,300 fake FIFA World Cup domains since August 1, 2025, in a coordinated scheme to scam fans and exploit...
Amazon to Refund $1.5 Billion in Prime Settlement to Customers
Amazon.com Inc. will refund $1.5 billion to customers as part of a $2.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), following allegations...
MTN Reports Over 5,400 Fibre Cuts in 7 Months, Warns of Service Disruptions
MTN, Nigeria’s largest telecom operator, has reported more than 5,400 fibre optic cable cuts in the first seven months of 2025, warning that the...
Infinity Health Africa Selected for Google’s AI for GovTech Accelerator
Infinity Health Africa, a Nigerian regulatory technology and market access company, has been selected for the inaugural Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for...
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,...
