The Middle East and Africa (MEA) mobile shipments declined by 7% YoY in Q1 2026, marking the region’s first quarter of decline after a strong 2025, according to Counterpoint’s latest Market Monitor. The decline was due to increasing prices stemming from the memory crisis, as well as the regional conflict in the Middle East which…
Africa’s digital commerce ecosystem is at a critical turning point. While significant progress has been made in payments, financial technology, and online transactions, industry leaders agree that the next phase of growth will depend on how effectively businesses reduce operational friction, embrace emerging technologies, and build trust across borders. These issues took centre stage at…
Global pressure on corporations to provide transparent climate and sustainability disclosures is reshaping reporting standards across capital markets. Anticipating that shift, MTN released its first sustainability report in 2018. And it has just published its 2025 Sustainability Report in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) S1 and S2. It is one of the few…
The quality of content subscribers consumes and the increasing number of connected devices all contributes to higher data usage, it was gathered at the weekend. Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Dr Karl Toriola, who spoke in Lagos underscored the growing importance of data in today’s digital economy and the importance of trust and greater…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commended the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, for championing initiatives aimed at empowering the younger generation with digital knowledge and skills, especially the Nigerian girls. Speaking while conducting 185 contestants of the 2026 National Girls in ICT (NG-ICT) Competition on a tour of the…
As Nigeria intensifies efforts to expand non-oil revenue and improve tax collection under its fiscal reform agenda, corporate tax contributions from major private-sector operators are becoming increasingly critical to government financing. Supporting that drive, MTN Nigeria said it has paid N878.7 billion in taxes, levies and duties to federal and state authorities in the 2025…
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos, is set to host the IEEE Nigeria International Conference on Digital Transformation, NIGERCON 2026. The forum will enable the country to strengthen its position in Africa’s digital transformation landscape as the forum will explore the convergence of emerging technologies and digital innovation across critical sectors. The technical tracks…
From 6 to 10 July, the world’s leaders in tech will gather in Geneva at the largest forum dedicated to ICT and digital for development, taking place for the first time since the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) by the UN General Assembly last year. Bolstered by the strengthened…
Meta, the social media giant and parent company for WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) agent to help small and big businesses operate round the clock. Speaking at the Meta Conversations in London yesterday, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, said the agent will learn and get to a point where it…
