August 16, 2026
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I installed both of these at the Same Hotel, but here’s which WiFi Antenna Actually Won
When installing wireless networks for hotels, offices, homes and other client environments, there is rarely a single wireless device that can do everything perfectly. Sometimes the priority is long-distance connectivity. Sometimes it is broad Wi-Fi coverage around a building. Sometimes the challenge is connecting two buildings without running cable. And sometimes, the most important factor…
Nigeria’s grey market problem just got a real competitor, as ASUS just opened a flagship store in Computer Village.
Like Marché Ancien Troisième in Douala, Cameroon, Computer Village Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, has seen a lot of things. Grey market phones. Fake chargers sold as “original.” That one guy who can fix any laptop motherboard with a heat gun and pure faith, typical of Ancien Troisième. What it hasn’t seen much of, until now, is…
Tesla just gave its Robotaxis a backup plan for when Cell Towers fail
What happens to a self-driving car when it loses signal in the middle of a ride? Tesla just answered that question by putting a satellite dish on the roof. Tesla’s official Robotaxi account posted the first photos of a production Cybercab carrying built-in Starlink hardware, captioned “First Cybercab with Starlink integration.” Starlink hardware moulded into…
South Africa just put a R2.2 Trillion Price tag on its Energy future, and China bids for it.
R2.2 trillion. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a number South Africa throws around lightly. That’s the size of the investment pipeline South Africa just put on the table in Beijing, and it tells you exactly how serious the country’s power crisis has gotten, and how far it’s willing to go to fix it….
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Nigeria’s grey market problem just got a real competitor, as ASUS just opened a flagship store in Computer Village.
Like Marché Ancien Troisième in Douala, Cameroon, Computer Village Ikeja,…
South Africa just put a R2.2 Trillion Price tag on its Energy future, and China bids for it.
R2.2 trillion. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a…
Vodacom just put its biggest rival’s former CEO on its Board. But here’s Interesting part.
Imagine losing a market share war to a competitor for…
Spotify’s new AI badge won’t save African Artists from ghost musicians
There’s a band called The Velvet Sundown. They racked up…
ICANN Wiki. Africa’s Fight over who controls digital memory leaves reasons why every African Tech Founder needs to own their own history before AI does
There’s a question that should keep every African tech founder…
Morocco just signed a deal with a company nobody outside IT knows, and that’s exactly the Point
If you’ve never heard of Vertiv, you’ve still depended on…
Cisco’s Appointment of Ossama Eldeeb as Africa MD, signals for AI-ready infrastructure, not just a staffing move
Every time a global tech giant makes an executive appointment…
Inside the UN’s four-Country bet on African women’s Digital Entrepreneurship
Picture this: a woman living in the rural parts of…
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Spotify’s new AI badge won’t save African Artists from ghost musicians
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South Africa’s Shoestring Space program just beat Italy and Russia to a lunar payload slot
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South Africa just built the AI misinformation tool English-only platforms never bothered with
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Africa’s Mobile Money boom may be a sitting duck for Malware as a Service Kits like flying Eagle
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Knowlix AI, another Foreign SaaS, just landed in 29 African countries. Will it survive contact with reality
There’s a graveyard of foreign software platforms in Africa. Not…
ICANN Wiki. Africa’s Fight over who controls digital memory leaves reasons why every African Tech Founder needs to own their own history before AI does
There’s a question that should keep every African tech founder…
Morocco just signed a deal with a company nobody outside IT knows, and that’s exactly the Point
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Joburg’s new Smart City deal with Cisco sounds Great; its last one sounded Great too
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