Social Media – an Unlikely Stage for Ethiopian Social Discourse
On June 19, 2015, the White House Press Secretary announced that President Barack Obama would be visiting Ethiopia. In what transpired to be a historic moment, a sitting US President visited the East African nation, a critical ally of America in the global fight against terrorism, and the African Union (AU) headquarters located in Addis […]
1.6 Million Internet, Over 3 Million Wireline Phone Subscribers in 2014
The total number of subscribers to fixed telephone in Algeria has reached 3.098 million in 2014 against 3.595 million in 2013, down by over 13%, while the number of subscribers was about 1.6 million during the same period, up 24.64%, the Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPT) said in a report. “The number of subscribers […]
Nigeria’s Arik Airline Staff Say They Smuggle Cocaine On Board Everytime
ARIK Air staff have told Nigerian drug enforcement agents how they manage to smuggle cocaine abroad by hiding it in catering supplies in a bid to subvert international airport security checks. Earlier this week, immigration officials at Britain’s Heathrow Airport in London arrested a member of Arik Air’s cabin crew while carrying 2.7kg of cocaine […]
Ian Rogers, Former CEO of Beats Music Has Resigned
Apple AAPL shares are down by 0.6% to $112.35 in late morning trading on Friday, following reports that one of the top executives at the recently launched Beats Music is resigning. Ian Rogers, former CEO of Beats Music, oversaw Apple’s Beats1 online radio service which Apple launched after purchasing Beats for $3 billion last year. […]
Hacking Your System Before Others Do It
Some Hollywood movies have focused their plot on cyber-crime. The story will revolve around someone hacking into the computer system of an organisation and there will be another trying to counter the attack for the greater good. This is what can be described as ethical hacking. An ethical hacker is a computer and networking expert […]
Meet Nigeria’s Freeman Osonuga, Who Could Be The First Black African In Space
Freeman Osonuga, 30, is a Medicine and Surgery graduate who was selected through a programme called Rising Star at the widely-reported One Young World Summit 2014 in Dublin, to embark upon a once-in-a-lifetime trip to space, which will make him the first black African to do so. Daily Trust chatted him up. DT: WM: How […]
Five Tech Startup Ideas That Kenya Can Export
Having pioneered mobile money solutions like MPesa and crowd-sourcing platform Ushahidi, Kenya’s innovative, resilient and global-looking tech community is working on the next big thing. It is no wonder Kenya’s ICT sector has been the most consistent and one of the key drivers of Kenya’s economic growth in the last decade, contributing 12.1 per cent […]
Apple Inc. Defends Dr Dre For Beating A Woman
Apple Inc. came to the defense of rapper and Beats co-founder Dr Dre on Friday following his apology “to the women I’ve hurt” as reports of his past altercations with women resurfaced around the release of N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton.” Apple, which acquired Dr Dre’s headphone and music streaming company Beats Electronics last year […]
Uganda’s Nancy Kacungira Wins BBC World News Komla Dumor Award
Former NTV Uganda news anchor Nancy Kacungira has won the first BBC World News Komla Dumor award, beating almost 200 other applicants. The award was established to honour Komla Dumor, a Ghanian presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41. Currently, Kacungira is a news anchor for Kenya’s KTN television channel and is […]
Akon Lighting Africa Unveils Its Strategy in Benin
The co-founders of Akon Lighting Africa unveiled their long-term objective to use solar activities to drive education by introducing connected tablet devices. During a stop in Benin, which was the last stop on this two-week road show during which Akon Lighting Africa concluded its African road show last in Benin. The three co-founders, Akon, Thione […]
