Nigeria has moved to strengthen the implementation of its National Sovereign Cloud Initiative with the inauguration of the Joint Technical Committee on the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative (JTC-NSCI) by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF). The committee, chaired by BOF Director-General Tanimu Yakubu with NITDA Director-General…
Orange Sierra Leone and Orange Money SL have joined government institutions, regulators and industry stakeholders in validating Sierra Leone’s National Roadmap to Combat Mobile and Digital Fraud. The two-day consultative workshop, held from 18 to 19 August 2026, brought together telecommunications operators, mobile money providers, government agencies, civil society organisations and private-sector representatives to strengthen…
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called on the Nigerian Army to strengthen its use of data and artificial intelligence (AI) as strategic tools for intelligence, decision-making and operational effectiveness. NITDA Director-General Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi made the call during the Nigerian Army’s 4th Data Management and Record Keeping Seminar 2026, themed “From Data…
RSwitch has taken its digital financial inclusion campaign, #TwagiyeKashiresi, directly to communities in Kigali, engaging residents and businesses in Nyabugogo and Gisozi Agakiriro. The two-day outreach focused on helping people understand and adopt digital financial services through demonstrations, question-and-answer sessions and on-the-spot opening of merchant and personal accounts. The campaign promotes the use of eKash,…
Comsol is entering South Africa’s home broadband market as a wholesale provider of 5G-Advanced infrastructure, backed by new investment from Platform Investment Partners and Wimsey Capital. The South African fixed wireless connectivity and private network operator, which has nearly three decades of experience, has secured a new shareholding structure following the exit of Nedbank Private…
Ghana has opened the 2026 National ICT Week with a call for stronger collaboration among government, industry, academia and technology innovators to accelerate the country’s digital transformation. Deputy Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Hon. Mohammed Adam Sukparu, officially opened the celebration on August 17, 2026, on behalf of Sector Minister Hon. Samuel Nartey…
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing a dedicated experience for users aged 13–17 with stronger safeguards, healthy-use features and parental controls. Accounts are automatically placed into the teen experience when OpenAI’s systems estimate that a user is under 18, or when users identify themselves as being between 13 and 17. The experience adds protections…
Hexnode, the enterprise software division of Mitsogo, has introduced Hexnode Context Layer, an intelligence layer designed to power Agentic AI for endpoint management through its Genie AI conversational interface. The Context Layer uses live data from Hexnode’s Unified Endpoint Management platform to help Genie AI translate natural-language requests into relevant endpoint workflows through a single…
