Undersea Cables for Africa's Internet Retrace History and Leave Digital Gaps As They Connect Continents [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of the continent, were left without internet services on 14 March because of failures on four of the… Read more »
Full Internet Restoration in Nigeria, Other Countries May Take Month
Premium Times
The repair of the undersea cable cut that has affected internet services in Nigeria and many parts of sub-Saharan Africa may take about five weeks to be completed, MainOne said in… Read more »
Undersea Cable Cut - Mainone Provides More Info, Says Service Restored to Some Customers
Premium Times
"The repair time is to enable our services to become fully restored and independently supply capacity to customers." Read more »
Undersea Cable Cut - Nigerians' Data Secured - NIMC
Daily Trust
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has dismissed that its database was compromised as a result of the undersea cable cut which disrupted the services of banks and… Read more »
Why Last Week Internet Blackout Is a Suspicious Occurrence [opinion]
Liberian Observer
There is every reason to be to be concerned about last week's internet outage, which mainly affected some of Africa's major trading blocs: Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Liberia,… Read more »
Dr Phil Mjwara Takes a Bow As Director-General of Science and Innovation
SAnews.gov.za
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande has announced the retirement of Dr Phil Mjwara, the country's longest-serving Director-General, from his… Read more »
Submarine Cables Cut Causes Minimal Impact On the Internet
ANGOP
The telecommunications company Angola Cables acknowledges the existence of a minimal impact on the failure of internet access, as a result of the cut in international submarine… Read more »
Something Felt 'Off' - How AI Messed With Our Human Research, and What We Learned [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
All levels of research are being changed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Don't have time to read that journal article? AI-powered tools such as TLDRthis will summarise… Read more »
Africa Experiencing Slow Internet Connection, Microsoft Says Issue Being Fixed
Nile Post
Microsoft Africa is close to fixing an outage that's been plaguing users across the continent. The culprit? Damaged undersea fiber optic cables messing with internet traffic. Read more »
Undersea Cable Cuts Disrupt Data, Voice Services Along African West Coast [press release]
Premium Times
Operators of these cables have commenced repairs. Read more »
Gauteng Hospitals Haemorrhage Millions in Negligence Claims - South African News Briefs - March 15, 2024
allAfrica
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Cooperative University Gets Modern Server for Agricultural Transformation
Business Day Africa
The Cooperative University has taken a major step in transforming Kenya's agricultural landscape with the acquisition of a state-of-the-art server, which is aimed at enhancing… Read more »
Govt to Leverage On Kenya Power Lines for Last Mile Internet Connectivity - CS Owalo
Capital FM
The government will use the existing Kenya Power infrastructure to take fiber optic cable to the rural areas, cabinet secretary for Information, Communication and the Digital… Read more »
Data Protection Laws Put to Test As Privacy Breaches Rise
Daily Trust
Data privacy breach is a growing concern for Nigerians as more people fall victims to scammers and other criminals who mostly harvest their victims' data through either careless or… Read more »
Liberia Needs to Advance to Digital Technology
New Dawn
The Speaker of the 55th Liberian Legislature, Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa stresses a need for Liberia to advance to digital technology that drives global trade and economy for… Read more »