2Africa: Cable backed by MTN, Facebook to land in South East Nigeria 

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The 2Africa cable is bringing a landing point to South East Nigeria, the consortium of tech giants comprising MTN, Facebook and others backing the world’s largest undersea project have said.

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Ahmed Joda: NCC chief pays tribute to ex-Chairman who set tone for exponential telecoms growth in Nigeria

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Nigeria’s telecoms regulatory chief has paid glowing tributes to Ahmed Joda, the Commission’s former Chairman, for setting the tone for the exponential growth of telecoms services in the country.

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Crystal prism provides better control to quantum computer chips

As revolutionary as they could be, quantum computers still have a few issues, such as controlling more than a few dozen qubits. Now researchers have found a way to control potentially millions of qubits at once, by adding a crystal prism to the chip.

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Telecoms: NCC, NESG ‘considering collaboration’ 

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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator and the Economic Summit Group (NESG) say they are to collaborate to deepen the telecoms industry’s contributions to the nation’s economy.

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Magenta 5G drone set to provide live HD footage of sporting events

While drone racing is becoming increasingly popular as a televised sport, the live video from the drones' onboard cameras still leaves something to be desired. T-Mobile and The Drone Racing League are addressing that problem, with a new 5G drone.

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Latest DAP flagship from Astell&Kern rocks three amps and four DACs

Last year, Astell&Kern launched the first DAP to incorporate three digital-to-analog converters, in the shape of the SE200. Now the company has gone one better with the upcoming A&ultima SP2000T, while also debuting a triple amp design.

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Health Technology: Experts outline five keys to unlock Africa’s health equity

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A panel of experts has outlined five key health technology insights that will provide digital means to raise health equity across Africa.   How can new digital ways of working in the healthcare sector improve outcomes for patients to increase global health equity in the COVID-19 era and beyond?  This was one of the questions tackled […]

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Taiwo Obe, Journalism Clinic Founder, on story behind mytori.ng

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lecturers to be considered for internship at The Journalism Clinic, his mention of photography as his interest triggered an idea: a pictorial storytelling site.

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Smart necklace monitors facial expressions to gauge your emotions

Last year we looked at an interesting research project from scientists at Cornell University seeking to use wearable cameras to track facial expressions, and the technology has now taken on a more practical design in the form of the NeckFace.

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Oddball visions from the 2021 Urban Photo Awards Finalists

Strange sights and eccentric compositions abound in this year’s Urban Photo Awards, the finalists of which have just been announced. Now in its 12th year, this unique photography contest showcases weird and wonderful visions of modern life.

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