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TECH NEWS

News from the tech and telecoms sector in Nigeria

Sectors 1 min
FG removes 5% telecom tax on voice, data services 
By Rosalia Ozibo
Exclusives 1 min
African Startups raise $187 million in August, see top 10 
By Research Team
Companies 1 min
OpenAI signs $300 billion cloud computing deal with Oracle 
By Rosalia Ozibo
Sectors 1 min
Nigerian firms invest over 30% of IT budgets in privacy protection -Report 
By Rosalia Ozibo

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Billionaire Watch

Elon Musk’s SpaceX strikes $17 billion deal to expand Starlink network 

Exclusives

NIMC agents in Abuja accused of collecting money from applicants for NIN date of birth falsifications 

Sectors

FG rolls out 1Gov Cloud project to digitise MDAs, drive paperless governance 

Sectors

MultiChoice bows to Ghana’s pressure, agrees to reduce DStv prices 

Companies

T2 partners India’s Knot Solutions in a multi-million dollar deal to modernise telecom systems 

Sectors

Lagos attracted over $6 billion in tech startup funding between 2019 and 2024 – Sanwo-Olu 

Sectors

International Finance Corporation warns Africa risks missing AI boom without infrastructure and skills  

Economy

African businesses face 35% higher technology costs than global peers- IFC 

Sectors

Nigeria to partner with ‘Big Tech’ companies to build hyperscale data centers – NITDA DG  

Corporate deals

OpenAI to acquire product testing startup, Statsig in $1.1 billion all-stock deal