Oluchukwu Ikemefuna

In a bold move to revolutionize internet access in Kenya, Airtel Kenya officially launched its 5G network with it’s 5G Wi-Fi plans on July 6, 2023, joining the ranks of Safaricom, which introduced its own 5G service eight months earlier.…

MEST, a leading entrepreneurial training programme in Accra, Ghana, has opened applications for its 2024 program. The 12-month programme covers critical topics on entrepreneurial skills development and social impact innovation. The programme is designed to equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the…

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has reportedly fathered twins with Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his artificial intelligence start-up Neuralink. The court documents filed in April and obtained by Business Insider revealed that the twins were born in…

Intron Health, a health tech company, has raised $1.6m in pre-seed to improve African speech recognition.  This will help the company develop its clinical speech recognition platform further, designed for the African linguistic landscape with over 200 accents.  The round…

SMFest is proud to announce MTN Nigeria’s sponsorship of its largest social media event in Africa, SMFest 2024.  This partnership underscores MTN’s commitment to empowering businesses and individuals through digital innovation and social media engagement.  Scheduled to take place in…

Malawi has announced an ambitious plan to launch a Smart Village Initiative in collaboration with Huawei, a leading global telecom services provider, aimed at enhancing Internet access in rural and isolated communities.  This initiative, unveiled by President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera…

In a move that has stunned the tech industry, Google has reportedly offered a 300% salary hike to retain one of its employees. The news was first reported by Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The Tech…

Ghana Telecoms: Data Pricing and MTN Status: Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) is addressing rising public concerns regarding high internet data pricing and the classification of MTN Ghana as a Significant Market Power (SMP).  These issues have sparked significant discussions…

In South Africa, the personal details of 88 South African home loan applicants were accidentally leaked after a technical glitch in the First National Bank (FNB) mobile app in 2023.  The county’s Information Regulator found this out after some preliminary…