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Facebook Hired GOP Firm to Launch Smear Campaign Against TikTok
Facebook’s parent company Meta has contracted one of the country’s largest Republican consulting firms to choreograph a nationwide smear campaign against TikTok, The Washington Post reports. The campaign has successfully placed op-eds and letters to the editor in major newspapers, spread unfounded rumors that damaging Facebook trends began on TikTok instead, and won the support of one apparently unwitting Democrat senator, all while exposing how deeply intertwined Meta has become with GOP politics. The Republican firm, Targeted Victory, was described in 2016 as “the GOP’s go-to technology consultant firm,” with a track record at the time of successfully boosting Ted Cruz’s national profile. Its website advertises a “hyperlocal” approach to politics, which can be seen in the astro...
You Can Now Translate To & From isiZulu Across the Entire Microsoft Ecosystem
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Kenya Gets Sixth Submarine Internet Cable Worth $400-Million
Image sourced from bbc.com On Tuesday, Kenya launched its sixth submarine internet cable worth $400-million to offer high speed, lower latency, and broader bandwidth. According to Business Daily, the cable will connect Africa to France and Pakistan through the Europe-Asia route, providing direct connectivity to Asia, which is expected to reduce communication delays between Africa and Asia. The launch is also a partnership between Peace Cable and Telkom Kenya. The global Mobile Data Index reveals that Kenya has the most expensive mobile data in East Africa. However, the 15,000-kilometre cable is expected to create more flexible digital connection options, including high speeds of 200 Gbps per single wavelength with a total capacity of 192 Terabits per second, as well as stable and secure da...
Showmax to Launch 4 New Original Titles in Kenya
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Liquid Lands Capacity of Subsea Cable Equiano in Nigeria & South Africa
Image sourced from Medium. Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in international connectivity in Western and Southern Africa. With older sub-sea cables almost at the end of their lifespan, Liquid through the Equiano cable system will address the growing need for Internet capacity supporting cloud services in both coastal and landlocked countries on the continent. The new Equiano subsea cable will link Africa to Europe via the West Coast of Africa when it is ready for service later in 2022, providing Terabit/s of capacity to meet the growing and varied business needs of ...
SA Will Need $30-Billion for Energy Transition says African Development Bank
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South Africa’s Absa Bank Appoints New CEO
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Disney+ South Africa Launch Date Finally Set
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AB4IR’s Kelebogile Molopyane to Speak on Bridging the Digital Divide Through Incubation at IoTFA 2022
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Central Energy Fund to Invest $68M in South African Gas Project
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Zoho Officially Announced as Platinum Sponsor for IoT Forum Africa 2022
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Microsoft Involved in Alleged Widespread Corruption in Africa, says Whistleblower
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