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Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani says that the Nigeria’s Communications and Digital Economy sector attracted $191m in foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2024, which is a ninefold increase from $22m in Q1 2023.
SADC dismisses reports suggesting it has neglected its troops stationed in eastern DRC, calling the allegations “unfounded and misleading.”
Amnesty urges Zimbabwean authorities to drop charges against journalist Blessed Mhlanga arrested after interviewing a ruling party dissident.
Airtel Africa, a telecommunications and mobile money services provider, has announced the commencement of the second tranche of its $100m share buyback programme.
Airtel Africa is positioning its mobile money platform, Airtel Money, to challenge Africa’s fintech giants through a planned initial public offering set for the first half of 2026, the Chief Executive Officer Sunil Taldar said in the company’s latest financial results.
Airtel Africa has posted a pre-tax profit of $661m, for financial year ended March 31, 2025, a sharp turnaround from a pre-tax loss of $63 million in the 2024 financial year.
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced a N3.5bn investment in Corporate Social Investment initiatives in 2024, bringing its total CSI spending to N31.9bn since inception, as part of efforts to deepen environmental sustainability, digital inclusion, and socio-economic impact across Nigeria.
MTN Ghana’s share price reached a record high of GH₵3.21 on Tuesday May 6, 2025, due to the surge in investor confidence following strong first-quarter earnings and an announced restructuring of its mobile money business.
Ahead of this year’s World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has launched an informative visual brief to highlight the urgent need for responsible and ethical deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in journalism, especially within Nigeria’s media landscape.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Malian authorities to immediately release journalist Alfousseini Togo after he was arrested and detained on April 9 on charges of undermining the state.