Nigerian and African tech news: startups, fintech, telecoms, gadgets, AI and policy.
MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile, broadband, satellite internet, data prices and NCC regulation.
Airtel Malawi grew revenue to K219.1 billion in H1 2026 on strong data demand, but foreign exchange losses cut profit after tax by 54%.
A non-binding deal between DE-CIX and Cabo Verde Telecom would create a Lisbon to São Paulo data corridor, reducing reliance on northern hubs.
The multi-year partnership supports UNICEF's Giga school connectivity project and Learning Passport, starting in DR Congo, Malawi and Tanzania.
From sign language call centres to an emergency app and interpreters inside M-PESA, Vodacom is widening services for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Vodacom network data, analysed by the non-profit Flowminder, is helping health officials prepare towns before Ebola cases appear.
The US DFC's biggest-ever equity deal for WIOCC and an EXIM loan to Africell show who is funding Africa's internet backbone, and why.
Telecom subscriptions rose to 195.1 million in July and operators have built 8,526 new sites this year, but more than 5,000 fibre cuts are hurting network quality.
