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Minister of Communications Samuel Nartey George has announced plans to establish an inter-ministerial committee aimed at examining and addressing the high cost of data in Ghana. The move is part of his broader commitment to making internet…
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Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is set to begin its anticipated company-wide layoffs next week while simultaneously fast-tracking the hiring of machine learning engineers, according to internal memos obtained by Reuters.…
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TikTok has found a workaround to remain accessible in the U.S. despite ongoing restrictions, allowing Android users to download the app directly from its website. The move comes as Apple and Google continue to withhold the app from their…
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Bharti Airtel recorded significant gains across all its units in the fiscal third quarter of 2025 (ending December 31, 2024), with net profit soaring nearly fivefold, driven by an exceptional gain from Indus Towers, which became its…
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Digital IDs for South African citizens are going to play a central role in the government’s efforts to reinvent itself through digital services, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa. In the 2025 state of the nation speech to parliament…
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A team of scientists from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has pioneered an innovative method to convert taro (Kooko or Brobe) peels into high-performance batteries. This breakthrough, recently published in the…
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Starlink's parent company, SpaceX, has withdrawn its planned participation in public hearings on South Africa’s proposed new satellite services licensing framework, TechCentral has learnt. The hearings, organised by communications…
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Starlink, the satellite internet service from SpaceX, has only recently launched in markets like Zambia and Zimbabwe, but it is already oversubscribed in major cities across Africa. In urban centres such as Harare, Lusaka, Nairobi, Accra,…
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Vodacom Group announced on Monday that it processes an average of US$1.2 billion in mobile money transactions daily, highlighting the increasing significance of financial services in its revenue stream. In its trading update for the…
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Vodafone Group’s performance in Germany, its largest market, was impacted by a TV law change and heightened competition in the mobile sector during its fiscal Q3 2025 (calendar Q4 2024). However, declines in Germany were offset by revenue…
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