Following the disruption on March 14, 2024, which affected data and voice services due to cuts in undersea fibre optics along the coasts of Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal, the Nigerian Communications Commission has announced that services have now been restored to approximately 90% of their peak utilization capacities.

Solaris, Knownow, Specxs win NCC’s talent hunt

Three out of the 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition have each been rewarded with the N10 million prize money. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited and Specxs Care Limited came tops at the 2023 NCC’s…

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AfDB joins global partners to raise financing for Zambia's Lobito Transportation Corridor

AfDB joins global partners to raise financing for Zambia’s Lobito Transportation Corridor

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), joining global partners to mobilise resources for the Lobito Corridor and the Zambia-Lobito rail line in southern and central Africa. Other signatories included the United States government, the European Commission, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), and the host governments of Zambia, Angola and…

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