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Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

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Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

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Sudanese protesters are seen with their smartphones in Khartoum on April 21, 2019. CPJ has called on South African telecommunications company MTN Group to end its role in Sudan’s internet shutdowns. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Ozan Kose.

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Spotify introduces Spotify Lite in areas with limited bandwidth, phone storage

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Registration opens for AfricaCom 2019

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App teaches business skills to Kenyan shop owners

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Ericsson to build its first fully-automated smart factory

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Kehad Snydewel, Managing Director Designate at Green Enterprise Solutions

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What's on at the 2019 Fak'ugesi Digital Innovation Festival

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Over 900,000 users affected by fake video games spreading malware

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Is WhatsApp the new email for SMEs?

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Seacom gets grant to explore fibre in East Africa

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New social commerce app launched focusing on saving the oceans

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Report reveals 5G uptake even faster than expected

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14 Jun 2019

MEST Africa hosts tech summit in Nairobi

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IBM expands quantum computing program to Africa

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Opera releases 'State of the Mobile Web Report' for Africa

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