Ethermine, the largest Ethereum mining services provider by computing power, will shut down its servers for miners after the blockchain completes its historic technical upgrade. The news comes on the …
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South Africa’s state owned power utility hits 100 days of load-shedding in 2022
South Africa’s state-owned power utility has implemented power cuts on 100 days in 2022, with more to come. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. ramped up outages to so-called stage-4 load shedding, …
Google on Wednesday lost its appeal against a record €4.34bn EU competition fine for using the dominance of its Android mobile phone operating system to thwart competition. In a statement, …
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eNaira services temporarily unavailable, CBN confirms
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira is currently not available due to an ongoing maintenance process, the financial regulator confirmed, Thursday. Recall that the CBN has been at …
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Ethermine, world’s biggest Ether mining firm to shut down after the ‘Merge’
Ethermine, the largest Ethereum mining services provider by computing power, will shut down its servers for miners after the blockchain completes its historic technical upgrade. The news comes on the …
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Flutterwave enables eNaira collections for one million merchants
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announced that over 1,000,000 merchants can now accept eNaira payments from their customers on their platform. This follows the 3.0 product announcement event …
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Twitter shareholders vote in favour of Musk’s $44bn offer
Twitter shareholders approved billionaire Elon Musk’s proposed $44 billion buyout, paving the way for a trial next month to determine the deal’s fate. A majority of Twitter shareholders voted in …
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Operators call for consultation over government’s plan to shut 2G and 3G services in South Africa
South Africa’s biggest telecommunications operators, Vodacom, MTN and Telkom, have called for more consultation over government’s plan to terminate 2G and 3G services by 2025. The companies have warned that further …
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South Africa plans frequency trading to empower SMEs
South Africa’s minister of communications Mrs Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has published a draft policy document that has proposed the trading of radio frequency spectrum in the country. During a media briefing …
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Twitter adds Instagram and Snapchat share options on Android
Twitter has announce that Android users will soon be able to share tweets directly on Instagram or Snapchat — a feature already available on iOS devices. The microblogging company has also …