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South Africa plans to offer Elon Musk a workaround of local Black ownership laws for his Starlink internet service to operate in the country, aiming to ease tensions with both the billionaire and US President Donald Trump. The offer will…
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Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook giant, is deepening its embrace of artificial intelligence to revolutionise how books are consumed—especially in non-English-speaking markets. In a strategic push to scale up its content catalogue,…
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MTN Group has reported a strong operational performance for the first quarter of 2025, with its EBITDA margin rising by 5.3 percentage points year-on-year to 44.1%. The growth was driven by what the company described as “an encouraging…
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Spanish technology company GMV has unveiled a GPS-like navigation system for the moon that aims to make lunar missions as intuitive as a drive across town with apps such as Google Maps or Waze. Called Lupin, the project is part of a…
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Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away US$200 billion via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through huge cuts to the US foreign aid…
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Airtel Africa has announced a strategic partnership with SpaceX to deliver Starlink’s high-speed satellite internet across multiple countries in Africa. The collaboration aims to bridge the continent’s deep digital divide, particularly in…
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Ghana Post and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) are exploring ways to strengthen their partnership aimed at improving the delivery of driver’s licences to applicants nationwide. The ongoing collaboration allows licence…
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In a bold move to accelerate the shift away from legacy mobile technologies, MTN South Africa will begin offering 4G smartphones priced at just $5 to 1.2 million of its prepaid users. The initiative forms part of a broader campaign to…
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MTN Ghana has moved to reassure its Mobile Money (MoMo) customers that their funds remain safe and secure, despite a recent cybersecurity incident reported by the wider MTN Group. In an official notice, MTN Ghana confirmed that no mobile…
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Amazon has officially entered the satellite internet race, launching the first 27 satellites of its Project Kuiper constellation on Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida — a major step in its $10 billion effort to rival SpaceX’s Starlink.…
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