Facebook has announced the expansion of its third-party fact-checking programme to 10 additional African countries in partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP), the France 24 Observers, Pesa Check and Dubawa
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MainOne lands submarine cable in Côte d'Ivoire
MainOne has landed its submarine cable in Grand Bassam, Côte dIvoire, which is the final leg of the ongoing expansion to reach Senegal and Côte dIvoire
MainOne expands data centre footprint in Ghana
Internet service provider MainOne has announced the expansion of its data centre brand MDXi to Accra Ghana in line with its ongoing West African expansion plans
Nokia launches smart agriculture-as-a-service in Algeria
In partnership with Algeria’s mobile network operator Djezzy, Nokia has set up a Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) to equip farmers with practical data and help them achieve better yields
First Brick Holdings to help accelerate Ethiopia’s digital economy with data centre
First Brick Holdings, a US-based investment company, has announced that it is establishing and investing in ‘Raxio Ethiopia’, which will build and operate the first privately owned data centre in Ethiopia