Author: Smart Megwai

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has formed an industry-wide committee to facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure as part of a project called National Communications Backbone. The purpose is to jumpstart the growth of broadband services in Nigeria (NCB). The National Broadband Infrastructure Joint Committee (NBIJC) is a group led…

Starting Wednesday, Meta could begin laying off a huge number of staff, credible sources with knowledge about the issue told Wall Street Journal. This was disclosed yesterday Sunday, with confirmation that the dismissal would be massive and might affect “thousands” of employees. The company reported about 87,000 employees at quarter…

Most people didn’t think that the 3,700 Twitter employees reportedly laid off today, would extend to the company’s African office in Ghana. The company had earlier notified members of staff via email that it planned to cut down on the number of employees “in an effort to place Twitter on…

Teraco, the largest provider of data centres and connectivity platforms in Africa, has announced the completion of the first phase of JB4, a hyperscale data centre extension at its Bredell Campus in Ekurhuleni, to meet the rising demand for data centre capacity from corporations and cloud providers. According to Teraco…

Google has introduced a new feature on Gmail that help users to track their soon-to-be-delivered packages without ever leaving their inbox. “Gmail will show a simple, helpful view of your package tracking and delivery information right in your inbox,” the Tech Giant explains in a blog post. The Gmail feature…

Meta has announced the global release of its WhatsApp Communities, a new feature on the app which allows users to create larger, more organised discussion groups. Communities was first spotted by XDA Developers in October, after which WABetaInfo reported the next month that the feature is under development and will…

We’re introducing a way for creators to make their own NFTs (or digital collectibles) and sell them to fans and collectors both on and off Instagram, via Meta. Currently, this is for a “small group of creators in the US” and the company hopes to invite more testers in other countries. 1.…

Google doesn’t change its desktop home page often, but a report by 9to5Google revealed the Tech giant has added a Lens button to its popular search bar on the homepage. Rajan Patel, Google’s VP of engineering in charge of Search and Lens, also pointing out in a tweet. “The Google…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes and begin circulating the new notes on the 15th of December 2022. This, as Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria noted, is an effort to reduce the inflationary pressure…

Streaming giant, Netflix announced that it has acquired Spry Fox, an indie gaming studio based in Seattle that specialises in cozy games. The company which disclosed this, said in a blog post today Monday, the deal will “add to the growing variety of Netflix’s games catalog.” No information about the…

Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has issued his first ultimatum to the company’s staff: implement paid verification on the social media platform or find a new job. According to reports, one of Elon Musk’s instructions is to turn the company’s paid service, Twitter Blue, that unlocks more Twitter…

The New York Times reported on Saturday that Elon Musk has authorised dismissal at Twitter on a global scale. Exactly how many people will be affected by the rumoured layoffs is still unknown, but the NYT reports that insiders say certain divisions would be hit harder than others. It has…

Twitter has announced it is working on a new feature called, Tweet Tiles, that will enhance links to certain NFT marketplaces in posts. The new feature allows users to include a link to an NFT on an external site. The link will automatically expand to show a full-size image of…

Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecoms provider, yesterday launched its 5G high-speed internet service, which, it says, will commence by first offering Wi-Fi subscriptions. 5G Wi-Fi is now available to customers in 5G-enabled areas and a 5G router can be purchased for KES 25,000 plus a setup fee of KES 5,000 and…

YouTube has introduced more changes to its website and mobile app, this time users will notice separate tabs for Shorts, Live Streams, and Videos on the Channel Page. This is in response to complaints from viewers that a user’s channel page was always scattered with vertical thumbnails that had short…

Meta has launched new features, one of which automate the removal of infringing content on Facebook and Instagram, for use by brands reporting possible IP infringement. “With the new IP Reporting API,” the company says in a blog post, “rights holders can automate the reporting of content they believe infringes…

Peach Payments, a digital payments gateway located in South Africa, and Stitch, an API fintech company in Cape Town, have teamed to bring quick EFT payments with minimal fees to online retailers in the country. This is because instant EFT is quickly replacing other payment methods as more and more…

YouTube has just rolled out a number of updates that the company claims will improve the look and performance of the popular video player on desktop and on mobile devices. The Platform recently celebrated its 17th anniversary, and hopes that a “small makeover” will increase user experience, though UX Director,…

Google has announced that its Web browser, Chrome, would no longer work on any laptop and computer that still use Windows 7 or 8.1 as its operating system. “With the release of Chrome 110 (tentatively scheduled for February 7th, 2023), we’ll officially end support for Windows 7 and Windows 8,”the…

Instant-messaging app, WhatsApp is experiencing a massive outage at the moment, and users should not expect any messages to be sent or received. This morning, I noticed at exactly 8:33 WAT at the attempt to reply another user on the app. After refreshing my Internet data severally, and made another…