Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Africa50 launches Innovation Challenge for increased internet access in Africa; Rwanda dwarfs Nigeria’s internet penetration
With 75 percent or 980.2 million of Africa’s 1.307 billion people yet without access to internet, Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure...
Read moreDetailsFacebook tightens live-streaming in crackdown on violence
Facebook announced Wednesday it is tightening access to live streaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took...
Read moreDetailsDisney takes operational control of Hulu to challenge Netflix’s dominance in streaming services
Comcast Corp has agreed to give Walt Disney Co full control of Hulu in a deal that puts a minimum...
Read moreDetailsFacebook chooses London as base to develop WhatsApp’s mobile payments service
Facebook has selected London as the center to develop WhatsApp's drive into the mobile payments industry. The messaging service will...
Read moreDetails5G could add $20 billion per year to the economy, Barclays predicts
Superfast 5G internet could add £15.7 billion ($20.7 billion) to the U.K. economy every year by 2025, according to Barclays....
Read moreDetailsBahrain to use Huawei in 5G rollout despite U.S. warnings
Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, plans to roll out a commercial 5G mobile network by June, partly...
Read moreDetailsMicrosoft says discovers hacking targeting democratic institutions in Europe
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said it had discovered hacking targeting democratic institutions, think tanks and non-profit organizations in Europe and...
Read moreDetailsFacebook is a ‘digital gangster’ that urgently needs more regulation, UK lawmakers say
Facebook "intentionally and knowingly" violated U.K. data privacy and anti-competition laws and urgently needs to be regulated and investigated, a scathing...
Read moreDetailsGoogle adds ethereum blockchain to its big data analytics platform
Internet search giant, Google has added ethereum to its big data analytics platform, BigQuery. Ethereum is an open-source, public, blockchain-based...
Read moreDetailsAfrica needs aggressive investment in ICT to stimulate economic growth, says DBI
Ikechukwu Adinde, an administrator at Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) has called on African governments to launch an aggressive intervention in...
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