Mobile phone use in Africa has spread far, wide and fast. By the end of last year, it was estimated that 70 percent of the population would have a mobile…
SAN FRANCISCO — Create personal profiles. Build networks of friends. Share photos, videos and music. That might sound precisely like Facebook, but hundreds of millions of tech-savvy young people have…
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA — Facebook Inc. introduced the biggest change in years for its popular newsfeed on Thursday, a facelift that renders the social network more ad-friendly while potentially…
One of the emerging giants among online universities has announced that it is signing up a further 29 universities, including institutions in the US, Europe and Asia. By Sean Coughlan…
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has unveiled a bespoke Windows-run smartphone exclusively available in Africa. The customised device is being launched today in partnership with Microsoft as part of its new…
ABUJA — More than 100 young Nigerians are teaming up with Google to add restaurants, markets, hospitals and other prominent locations in the Nigerian capital to Google Maps. Youth leaders…
One of the world’s most glamorous and most important technology shows has wrapped up in Las Vegas and one thing is clear. The future is all about bigger, better and…
A smartphone and tablet said to be the first designed by an African company have been launched. The products, designed by Congolese entrepreneur Verone Mankou, are manufactured in China. His…
LAGOS — Nigeria may soon purge its reputation as a center for Internet criminals and gain fame as an innovator of online businesses and tech start-ups. Since 2010, there have…
Apple is to begin manufacturing one of its Mac lines exclusively in its home country. In an interview with NBC, the firm’s chief executive Tim Cook said the company had…
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