Canal+ outlined the first benefits of its acquisition of MultiChoice, pointing to Africa as the main source of cost savings and growth. The deal was completed on Sept. 22, 2025. Speaking to investors on Jan. 29, Canal+ Chairman Maxime Saada said the group expects more than €400 million of EBITDA synergies and about €300 million…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration tried and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment in connection with a video featuring six Democratic lawmakers urging members of the military and intelligence communities not to comply with unlawful orders, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. It was not clear how many of the lawmakers…
Safer Internet Day educates children, parents, educators and stakeholders about the risks associated with the online space. (Image source: 123RF) This year’s Safer Internet Day (SID) comes amid heightened interest in the development of tailor-made laws to combat social media harms, with Australia’s Online Safety Amendment serving as an example. Commemorated globally on the second…
Dangote Cement Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to making Africa fully self-sufficient in cement production, strengthening the continent’s industrial backbone and reducing reliance on imported construction materials. Speaking during a strategic briefing on the company’s expansion drive, the Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement, Mr. Arvind Pathak, emphasised that the company is accelerating its investments…
– Association of International Sports Pressb (AIPS) President Gianni Merlo has called for stronger collaboration among African sports journalists, describing their profession as essential to the growth of sports on the continent. “I am very happy because such an event was never done before like this,” Merlo said at the opening of the 8th AIPS…
The mother of the news anchor Savannah disappeared in the middle of night from her Tucson, Arizona, home and was last seen on 31 January.
Wiocc Group’s Joshua Smythwood The acquisition by Open Access Data Centres (OADC) of seven facilities belonging to NTT Data (previously Dimension Data) is a sign of a broader market trend, reflected both locally and internationally, which will lead to further consolidation in the data centre infrastructure market. Speaking to TechCentral at a ribbon-cutting event held…
President John Dramani Mahama, the African Union champion of African financial Institutions, has hinted that he is leading advocacy for the repatriation of and investment of part of Africa’s “huge foreign reserves” in African Financial Institutions. According to him, most of these foreign reserves are by colonial construct held in Western financial institutions and, in…
President John Dramani Mahama has emphasized the need for Africa’s integration agenda to be translated into a daily economic reality, where businesses can trade seamlessly across borders without undue challenges. He noted that although Africa has largely put in place the institutional and policy architecture for integration, the real task remains the difficult work of…
An Irish man who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 20 years has been detained by U.S. immigration officials for almost five months despite insisting he had a valid U.S. work permit and a pending green card case as the spouse of an American citizen. Seamus Culleton has said he fears for his life…
