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MTN SA, Vodacom, Telkom, others lost $12m to telecoms theft in 2025, a 189% surge

MTN SA, Vodacom, Telkom, others lost $12m to telecoms theft in 2025, a 189% surge

Telecoms theft in South Africa increased by 189% to $12 million (R201.5 million) in 2025 from $4.13 million…

TS Academy Spots Growing Demand for Tech Skills Among Creators

TS Academy Spots Growing Demand for Tech Skills Among Creators

More digital creators are beginning to look beyond content creation and towards building within the tech ecosystem, a…

Egypt to launch dedicated SIM card for minors to regulate social media access

Egypt to launch dedicated SIM card for minors to regulate social media access

Egypt has revealed plans to launch a new SIM card for children within the next 60 days. This…

Flutterwave warns of Ponzi scheme impersonating its brand in Cameroon

Flutterwave warns of Ponzi scheme impersonating its brand in Cameroon

Flutterwave has issued a public warning after uncovering a fraudulent platform operating under the name “flutterwave.vip,” which is…

Nigeria ranks 12th in FBI’s foreign cybercrime complaints with 1,219 reports in 2025

Nigeria ranks 12th in FBI’s foreign cybercrime complaints with 1,219 reports in 2025

Nigeria ranked 12th among foreign countries filing cybercrime complaints with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Centre in 2025,…

Egyptian Fintech Lucky Raises $23M Series B To Become A Digital Bank In North Africa

Egyptian Fintech Lucky Raises $23M Series B To Become A Digital Bank In North Africa

Egyptian consumer credit startup Lucky has raised $23 million in Series B funding to expand across North Africa…

UTME 2026: JAMB to sanction  CBT centres not visible on its monitoring system

UTME 2026: JAMB to sanction CBT centres not visible on its monitoring system

JAMB has warned that accredited CBT centres not visible on its central monitoring system risk strict sanctions, such…

Truecaller wants to help brands connect with its 500m users

Truecaller wants to help brands connect with its 500m users

Global communications platform Truecaller has announced the expansion of its Business Chat platform to help businesses around the…

Call logs reveal Argentine President Javier Milei’s possible active collusion in the $251 million Libra token scam

Call logs reveal Argentine President Javier Milei’s possible active collusion in the $251 million Libra token scam

Newly uncovered call logs have provided prosecutors with much-needed evidence, allowing them to zero in on President Javier…

How MTN MoMo lost ₦22.3B in 7 days and sued 18 banks to get it back

How MTN MoMo lost ₦22.3B in 7 days and sued 18 banks to get it back

The alert came in on May 24, 2022. Inside MTN MoMo’s operations, something is wrong because transactions are…