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By JOHN WALUBENGO There has been talk that Kenyan leading communication operators are experimenting or testing next-generation mobile technologies like 5G. This is all very good but there are some issues worth discussing as we head into the 5G world. Perhaps, so as to be on the same page, we should ...

By: Oloyede Ridwan Abstract The continent is witnessing a burgeoning growth in its digital economy. The increased internet penetration means more users joining the grid and has seen growth in the adoption and application of digitalisation in governance and business models. The emerging datafied mode...

By Michael Awoleye (Ph.D) Background Activities in ICT clusters hold promising potentials as agents of industrial regeneration. This is a major element in the quest of building knowledge-driven economy. The influence of innovations on business performance cannot be overemphasised; it has been adjudg...

By Afolabi Elebiju and Chuks Okoriekwe Introduction In line with global trends, Nigeria’s Information Technology (IT) sector has been witnessing increasing investment, growth, and innovation from both global and local stakeholders. Home grown tech start-ups are positioning themselves as increasing...

By JOHN WALUBENGO As the Christmas Season kicks in and the year comes to an end, it is customary to do stock taking of what worked and what failed during the year. It was quite a busy year from policy, legislative and regulatory perspectives with three key ICT related policies and acts being put on ...

By Arthur Gwagwa and Dr. Ansgar Koene Discussion points of this paper will cover: Need for open algorithm code in the 4th Industrial Revolution Defining algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) Socio-technical causes of algorithmic bias Technical and Policy Solutions to algorithmic and socie...

By JOHN WALUBENGO Last week the ICT Cabinet Secretary, Joe Mucheru, directed the Communication Authority (CA) to explore how pornographic content could be controlled, in an effort to protect children from harmful content. This sparked off heated debates on social media, with different grou...

By: Arthur Gwagwa Key Findings The Open Observatory on Interference (OONI) technical measurements collected between1st July 2018 to 15th November reveal web connectivity anomalies caused by  Domain Name System (DNS)-based censorship. Manual tests on a sample of 5 of the technically tested websi...