01-Sep-2021 to 09:45

APA-Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) — The Network of Online Media Professionals of Cote d’Ivoire (REPPRELCI) has received from the US Embassy in Abidjan $25,000 (about 12.5 million CFA francs) funding for the implementation of a project to label news websites and other activities aimed at mitigating online disinformation and harmful misinformation.

17-Jul-2021 to 08:57

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Ethio-telecom earned nearly $1,3 billion revenue in the past Ethiopian fiscal year which ended on July 8,2021.

10-Jun-2021 to 09:46

APA-Lagos (Nigeria) — When Nigeria's 39 million Twitter users woke up to the reality that the social media platform has been banned, there was an outcry as its dire economic consequences began to bite almost immediately.

10-Jun-2021 to 09:20

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Ethiopian Communication Authority and Global Partnership for Ethiopia Wednesday signed the historic telecom licensing agreement, marking the end of the country’s state telecom monopoly.

23-May-2021 to 10:02

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Council of Ministers Saturday decided to grant a new nationwide telecom license for Global Partnership for Ethiopia - a consortium of telecom operators made of Vodafone, Vodacom, Safaricom, Sumitomo Corporation, and the CDC Group.

19-May-2021 to 18:15

APA-Cape Town (South Africa) — South Africa’s telecommunication operators and vendors have pledged to invest US$1.8 billion in 5G fibre technology in the country, Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has announced in Cape Town.

13-May-2021 to 17:12

APA-Johannesburg (South Africa) — The state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is set to switch off its analogue TV signals in favour “of alternative digital technologies for television viewing,” the broadcaster announced on Thursday.