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December 19, 2025
China Mobile 2Africa East submarine cable Africa Becomes New Epicentre of Global Cyber Attacks as AI-Driven Threats Surge A recent report warns that Africa, driven by rising connectivity and digital adoption, is increasingly the target of global cyber‑espionage, ransomware, disinformation,… Continue Reading…
November 26, 2025
AI’s rapid growth is reshaping global challenges—from a 150% surge in tech emissions and new cyber threats like slopsquatting to EU regulatory tensions and rising deepfake risks. Explore how AI expansion is driving environmental, security, and governance concerns worldwide.
October 15, 2025
By Sophia Bekele As we move through Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a critical question emerges: are we making progress? Or are we simply getting more efficient at responding to the last attack? Tomorrow, I’ll be pondering this and much more at… Continue Reading…
September 5, 2025
Jumia, often hailed as the “Amazon of Africa,” is navigating its most critical phase yet. Founded in Nigeria in 2012, the company expanded rapidly across 14 countries and multiple verticals including food delivery, travel services, and online payments. However, the… Continue Reading…
July 30, 2025
Microsoft Saves $500M with AI Amid Layoffs Microsoft AI layoffs are back in the spotlight after the company reported saving over $500 million last year by using AI tools to streamline call center operations and boost productivity in sales and… Continue Reading…
May 29, 2025
Huawei has officially introduced Huawei HCS 8.5 in Kenya, heralding a big milestone for the country on its quest to developing AI leadership, cloud adoption, and digital sovereignty. Developed and unveiled at the Huawei Cloud Summit, the new cloud stack… Continue Reading…
April 28, 2025
AWS Launches Cloud Skills Training in Kenya to Bridge Digital Gap Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its first Skills Center classroom in Africa, located at the University of Nairobi. The program aims to train over 125 students in foundational… Continue Reading…
March 27, 2025
DeepSeek AI has announced that its latest AI model, DeepSeek R1, now relies on Huawei’s Ascend 910C chip for inference tasks in a bold move that could ripple through the tech industry. This shift comes after the model was initially… Continue Reading…
March 6, 2025
XTransfer, a cross-border trade payment platform, has joined forces with pan-African banking conglomerate, Ecobank Group, to streamline international transactions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa. The partnership aims to address key challenges African businesses face in cross-border trade,… Continue Reading…
January 30, 2025
OpenAI wants to take over your browser OpenAI launched a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose AI agent that can independently perform certain actions like book travel accommodations, make restaurant reservations, and shop online. When users activate Operator, a small window will pop… Continue Reading…
December 23, 2024
Automattic has acquired WPAI, a startup known for building AI tools for WordPress such as CodeWP, AgentWP, and WP.Chat. The move strengthens Automattic’s push to bring more intelligent features into its platform. The WPAI team will join Automattic to work… Continue Reading…
July 30, 2024
CrowdStrike Outage Overview On Friday, July 21, 2024, a flawed update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike triggered a major CrowdStrike outage that disrupted multiple industries, including airlines, financial institutions, and healthcare. The update, intended to improve Windows device security, instead caused… Continue Reading…
June 29, 2024
Meta’s all-out AI push has taken a hit, with the company forced to scale back its AI plans in Europe amid concerns around how it’s looking to fuel its AI models with user data, from both Facebook and Instagram. READ MORE» iLearn… Continue Reading…
June 11, 2024
The rapid urbanisation, technological and economic growth seen in Africa is exceedingly going digital, opening up a successfully secured venture into e-commerce technological investments. Read On>> 2. CIO Names #WOMENINTECH Sophia Bekele, “Industry Trailblazer and Internet-Governance Pioneer Sophia Bekele… Continue Reading…
May 29, 2024
Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has raised $6 billion in a new funding round, it said today, as Musk shores up capital to aggressively compete with rivals including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Alphabet.. READ MORE» 2. Bolt introduces a bidding… Continue Reading…
May 5, 2024
Technology has come to schools. All over Africa, schools and teachers are faced with the dilemma of how to use technology in the classroom. READ ON>> 2. Digital disruption reshape Africa’s payment industry Mobile money will represent a $405… Continue Reading…
August 10, 2023
For the past 15 years, Stack Overflow has served as the primary platform for computer programming and development discussions. However, the platform has long been known for its male-dominated user base. In their 2022 annual survey, a staggering 92 percent… Continue Reading…
July 5, 2023
Microsoft confirms recent service outages on Outlook, Teams, One Drive, and Azure were caused by a DDoS attack. The attacker, Storm-1359 (also known as Anonymous Sudan), linked to the Russian state, has been active since January. They use botnets and… Continue Reading…
The DotConnectAfrica (DCA) group is a Pan-African organization that was formed with an objective to advance education in the digital economy in the African society. In connection with this objective, to also benefit the general African public access to Internet resources including assisting our stakeholders with their digital transformation and branding Africa on the Internet.
Post its inception, DCA has progressively adopted a very unique integrative model of Internet-centered digital products and services encompassing web related services, to include eCommerce, DNS businesses, mobile applications along with digital marketing services on an integrated digital social media platform of Internet of Things (IoTs) to service its clients and stakeholders.
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