Mark Zuckerberg Reveals How President Biden’s Administration Pressured Meta To Censor COVID-19 Contents
Meta Platforms CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has accused senior officials from the Joe Biden Administration of pressuring his company to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humour and satire, in 2021. In a statement on Monday addressed to Jim Jordan Chairman of…
Arrest Of Telegram Founder Was Result Of Judicial Investigation; Not Political Decision – French President, Macron
French President, Emmanuel Macron, has claimed that the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov was a result of a judicial investigation and not a politically-motivated decision. In a press statement issued via his verified X page on Tuesday, Macron emphasised…
African Fintech Has Potential To Attract Investors, Says Fintech NGR
The Fintech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR) has further stated that the African Fintech has huge potential to attract more investors, given its growing investors’ confidence, which it said was a reflection of the continent’s huge potential due to deepening mobile…
Twitter Investors Sue Elon Musk For Stock ‘Manipulation’ During Takeover Bid
World’s richest man, Elon Musk has been sued by Twitter Inc. investors, claiming he manipulated the company’s stock price downward, when he mounted a $44 billion takeover bid for the social media platform. The investors said billionaire Musk saved himself…
Lagos Tops Africa’s Investment Destination For Digital Infrastructure
Technology experts who spoke at a virtual conference on the impact of growing investment in data centres in Africa have recognised Lagos State as the highest investment destination for digital infrastructure. The experts who commended the state for topping the…
Donald Trump Not Returning To Twitter, Even After Musk’s Takeover
Will stick to his personal platform TRUTH Social Ever since Elon Musk launched his successful Twitter takeover bid promising free speech on the platform, everyone was speculating whether it would mean the return of Donald Trump to Twitter. However, the…
Elon Musk Reaches Agreement To Acquire Twitter For $44bn
Over 40 million Nigerians on microblogging platform World’s richest man, billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said. According to the Associated Press (AP), Musk, the outspoken Tesla CEO, the world’s…
Sanwo-Olu Performs Groundbreaking Of $250m Hyperscale Data Center
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a $250 million hyperscale data center by Kasi Cloud Limited in Lekki Peninsula, saying his administration was deeply committed to the rapid transformation of the Lekki corridor and…
FG To Start Implementing Universal Licence On Microsoft Products
Says company’s $200m ADC initiative will boost local talents in Nigeria The federal government yesterday disclosed that it would soon begin the implementation of universal licence on all Microsoft products, an initiative that would allow the federal government to purchase…
Google: Demand For African Tech Developers On The Rise
Technology startups in the software development ecosystem in Nigeria and other African countries have continued to attract international investment and support, just as the over 700,000 software developers across Africa continued to break new grounds, according to statistics from Google’s…