…Elon Musk tweeted earlier on Thursday that he was buying Twitter Elon Musk took control of Twitter and fired its top executives late Thursday in a deal that puts one of the leading platforms for global discourse in the hands of the world’s richest man. Following the takeover, Musk tweeted that “the bird is freed,”
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…as YouTube bans misleading and inaccurate content about vaccines YouTube has offered doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals opportunity to have their channels certified. The video-sharing platform said on Thursday. “The change will allow viewers to more easily access videos containing “high-quality health information. “This is a big step towards helping people more easily find
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Under a mandate to make energy poverty history by 2030, African Energy Week hosted a panel discussion that explored the numerous pipeline projects currently underway in Africa CAPE TOWN, South Africa, A number of major pipeline projects are currently underway across the African continent that are set to significantly improve energy security through intra-African connections.
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‘BMW (China) Automobile Trading Company Limited revealed that the withdrawal of the motorbikes commenced from 7 September, 2022’ The Federal Road Safety Corps wishes to draw the attention of the motoring public, particularly those who are presently using K1600 and K1600 GT Motorcycles with production dates of between 28 June, 2017 to 19 September, 2018
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‘DG/CEO of NITDA, expressed NITDA’s excitement about the partnership with Google Nigeria’ The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with Google Nigeria, is providing free online training for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), thereby, helping small businesses to increase their revenue generation. Director general/CEO of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, in a statement expressed
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‘The Equiano sea cable is the highest capacity cable landing in South Africa’ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Liquid Dataport, a business of Cassava Technologies, is bringing much-needed access to affordable internet in South Africa. Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new West coast submarine cable, capable of delivering up to
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Orange 5G Lab Abidjan offers services and support to economic players devised with expert partners such as Huawei, Nokia or ZTE ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Orange Côte d’Ivoire has opened its Orange 5G Lab, devoted to digital professionals, start-ups and businesses. This event took place on Tuesday, September 20 at the Deux Plateaux Smart Store (Cocody,
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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, has appealed to security institutions to use the database for the National Identification Number (NIN) and the Subscriber Identity Module(SIM) in tackling insecurity in Nigeria. The Minister made this appeal during the Fourth National Identity Day celebration in Abuja on Friday. He lamented the poor
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IXPN collaboration facilitates reliable, secure, connected colocation and cloud migrations for local customers LAGOS: Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities in Africa, and part of the Cassava Technologies group, has taken a significant step forward in its widescale expansion into Africa by joining forces with Nigeria’s principle
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The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five suspected telecommunication cable vandals in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects, Yekini Mohammed, Mohammed Abdullahi, Tukur Mukaila, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahmon and Danladi Nura, were arrested on Wednesday
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Meta will be hosting exclusive events across the region to celebrate the Creators of Tomorrow, sharing the latest news, tips as well as tools and resources across Meta technologies JOHANNESBURG: Today, Meta announced the launch of ‘Creators of Tomorrow’, a new campaign that celebrates emerging talents from around the world who are inspiring a new
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Twitter said Thursday it has begun actively testing an edit button, after months of publicly discussing such a tweak. The trial of “Edit Tweet” will begin with internal employees, then be expanded out to the platform’s “Twitter Blue” subscription population, the company said. “Edit Tweet is a feature that lets people make changes to their
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The fintech has gained significant traction with its payment’s app and nationwide agency banking network PalmPay, a fintech innovator aiming to make digital payment more accessible and flexible, announced that it has reached 10 million users in Nigeria. This represents a doubling in its user base within just six months and puts its customer numbers
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A fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The service offered by Grey enables its customers to have virtual international bank accounts for free and enjoy a seamless foreign payment process. Grey was founded in 2021 to empower people to live
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South Africa is deeply disappointed and dismayed at yet another failed Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The NPT Review Conference concluded without an outcome on 26 August 2022, at the United Nations, in New York. We attribute this failure to the refusal by the nuclear-weapon States, namely the United States, the Russian
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