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Communications Authority (CA) of Kenya Set To Switch Off Unregistered SIM Card By April 15, DG Ezra Chiloba Says There Will Be No Deadline Extensions
The Communications Authority (CA) of Kenya has warned that mobile phone subscribers who fail to register their details with their respective telecommunication service providers by April 15 will face disconnection. CA Director General (DG) Ezra Chiloba says the move is to enforce the SIM card registration regulations of 2015 and…
Read More »FRANCE: Giant A380 Takes To The Skies Powered By Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), A Cooking Oil Mix
A giant A380 has taken the skies in France with one engine powered by a sustainable cooking oil mix. The three-hour flight took place on Friday (Saturday NZT) from Blagnac Airport, Toulouse. One of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines on the test flight used Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), making it…
Read More »TECH: US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Adds Cybersecurity And Anti-Virus Firm Kaspersky To Its List Of Potential Threats To American Businesses
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Russian security vendor Kaspersky to its list of potential threats for American businesses. In a statement published on Friday (March 25), the government agency announced it had expanded its list of communications equipment and services that pose a threat to national security…
Read More »KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta Presides Over The Unveiling Of The $27M Microsoft Africa Development Centre, One Of The Largest Software Engineering Facilities In Africa
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday evening unveiled the 27 million dollars Microsoft Africa Development Centre, expressing optimism that the facility will bolster the Government’s quest to secure high-tech jobs in the digital space for the youth. Speaking during the launch in Nairobi, President Kenyatta termed the Microsoft facility a “seminal…
Read More »TECH; Zambia Set To Launch Its 2nd Satellite In 2023, Science And Technology Minister Felix Mutati Says
Zambia on Friday said it is on course to launch a satellite in 2023. In a statement, Science and Technology Minister Felix Mutati said moving from analog technology to digital technology will enhance digital economic activities and help the government plan ahead in meeting challenges such as climate change, flooding,…
Read More »Nigerian Govt Lifts Twitter Ban, More Than Six Months After It First Declared A Crackdown On The Social Media Giant.
The Nigerian government has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations more than six months after it first declared a crackdown on the social media giant in the country. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, the director-general of Nigeria’s tech agency, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), made this announcement via a statement today.…
Read More »TECH; Facebook Has Changed Its Name To ‘Meta’, CEO Mark Zuckerberg Announces
Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta on Thursday, moving aggressively to distance itself from a social-media business embroiled in crisis and rebrand itself as a forward-looking creator of a new digital world known as the “metaverse.” The name change was announced at the Facebook Connect augmented and virtual reality…
Read More »BUSINESS: Mark Zuckerberg Loses Nearly $7 Billion In A Few Hours, Dropping To No. 5 On The Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline. A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting around 5…
Read More »RUSSIA; Kremlin Threatens To Block YouTube Over RT’s German-Language Channels Video Removal
Russia has threatened to block YouTube, as the Kremlin called for “zero tolerance” towards the video hosting giant. The move comes after YouTube removed Russian state-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channels from its platform. On Tuesday, the online video company, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc, deleted RT’s German-language channels,…
Read More »TECH: SpaceX Sends First-Ever Civilian-Crew Rocket To Earth’s Orbit
A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit Wednesday evening, carrying four people — none of whom are professional astronauts — and kicking off the first-ever mission to Earth’s orbit crewed entirely by tourists. The launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida was dramatically illuminated with spotlights against the night…
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Look Up For The Red Planet Tuesday, Mars Will Be Closest To Earth Till 2035
On Tuesday, the red planet will come the closest to Earth that it will …
