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Your Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats aren’t going to be encrypted like WhatsApp until 2023, Meta says

Akudo AbengoweNov 23, 2021

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, won’t finish making your chats on Facebook Messenger and Instagram end-to-end encrypted until 2023,...

8 African business leaders you need to follow on social media

Akudo AbengoweNov 18, 2021

When you run your own business, you’re always looking up to other entrepreneurs who have succeeded in your field. These...

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Lagos-based IHS Towers acquires 5,709 telecom towers from MTN Group for $412 million

Akudo AbengoweNov 17, 2021

IHS Towers said it has signed a multi-million dollars agreement with MTN Group Ltd to acquire 5,709 telecommunication towers in...

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Nigeria Federal Government and operators disagree over proposed cost of 5G spectrum

Akudo AbengoweNov 5, 2021

Operators in the telecommunication space have said the minimum price set for the planned 5G spectrum is too expensive and...

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Nigeria Communication Commission meets stakeholders on 5G spectrum auction

Akudo AbengoweNov 3, 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission says it engage stakeholders this week on the Fifth Generation spectrum auction towards the implementation of...

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Microsoft surpasses Apple as the world’s most valuable company after the iPhone maker’s stock slips on earnings miss

Akudo AbengoweNov 2, 2021

Microsoft’s market capitalization overtook Apple’s Friday, with shares of the iPhone maker under pressure after financial results underwhelmed projections set by Wall Street...

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Egyptian eCommerce startup ShipBlu raises $2.4 million seed funding

Akudo AbengoweOct 31, 2021

Egyptian eCommerce startup, ShipBlu, has raised $2.4 million seed funding. This comes not-too-long after the startup participated in Y Combinator’s...

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