MTN Group: New landlord, same old tenant as $2.2 billion IHS Towers Nigeria acquisition clears regulatory hurdle MTN Group has cleared one of the biggest obstacles standing between it and full control of Nigeria’s largest tower infrastructure company, marking a striking reversal for Africa’s largest telecom operator after years of selling off the very assets … Read more
New NASA telescope to probe dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets with Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch 2026 NASA is preparing for one of its most significant astronomical launches in decades, with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on August 30, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon … Read more
Fibre is changing Nigeria’s Internet. The hard part is getting everyone connected, as broadband penetration and fibre optic expansion accelerate Nigeria’s internet is getting noticeably faster, and the numbers behind that shift are hard to ignore. New data from Ookla shows that the number of homes and businesses connected to fibre-to-the-premises networks jumped from 84,141 … Read more