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A participant at a Wikimedia workshop in Lagos checks her smartphone, May 2017. Mobile remains the main way Nigerians get online.

Nigerians used 90% of 2025’s internet data in just eight months

14 Oct4 min read

Yandex headquarters in Moscow at night. The three data centres hit between October 8 and 11 are in the Ryazan, Kaluga and Vladimir regions.

Drones knock three Yandex data centres offline in four days

13 Oct3 min read

A frozen-food aisle in a supermarket in France (illustration). In the stores that were hit, cabinets like these were forced into defrost overnight.

Analysis

Hackers turned up the heat in freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets

13 Oct7 min read

The interconnection of the backbone networks in Senegal and Mali is intended to diversify the data transmission routes between the two countries.

Senegal–Mali: a new route for internet traffic

12 Oct2 min read

A Starlink dish (illustration). In Senegal, the standard kit costs 146,000 CFA francs, before the subscription.

Analysis

Starlink in Senegal: from the promise of the Technological New Deal to suspension by the Supreme Court

30 Sept7 min read

Servers in a data centre (illustration). With a VPN, all traffic goes through the provider’s machines.

Guide

VPN: how to choose one, check it and fix it, for individuals and businesses alike

30 Sept6 min read

A classroom equipped with digital tools (illustration).

Helios Towers and UNICEF team up to connect schools in DR Congo, Malawi and Tanzania

30 Sept2 min read

A Starship prototype lifting off in Texas in 2020. Six years later, the rocket has reached orbit.

Analysis

Starship reaches orbit for the first time, but comes back seven hours early

28 Sept6 min read

Kinshasa seen from Brazzaville, on either side of the Congo River. Both capitals have experienced internet shutdowns during elections.

Analysis

Internet shutdowns during protests: African telecom operators face up to their responsibilities

28 Sept5 min read

Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos, the largest phone market in West Africa. Prices there follow those of memory.

Analysis

AI is pushing up smartphone prices: the $20 phone is slipping out of reach for Africa

26 Sept5 min read

A satellite internet dish (illustration).

Satellite internet: Orange launches unlimited plans for rural Senegal

10 Dec 20251 min read