Datacentre planning proposals face all kinds of hurdles, from securing energy supply to high construction costs. But the 2,000 acre Prince William Digital Gateway site in the US state of Virginia had another problem: its proximity to a Civil War battlefield. “If the development is allowed to proceed, the solemn nature of this historic site…
A new Make UK report out today reveals that while AI could unlock billions in productivity gains for UK manufacturing, skills shortages and low levels of adoption risk preventing businesses from realising its full potential. Key Findings: Only 2% of manufacturers say AI is widely embedded across their operations Fewer than 40% are using AI…
By Prince Osuagwu Executive Secretary, West African Telecommunications Regulators Assembly, WATRA, Aliyu Aboki has said that West Africa’s growing digital economy is increasingly exposed to systemic risks due to weak resilience in submarine cable infrastructure and fragmented regional coordination. He noted that a major disruption in March 2024, which affected multiple submarine cable systems along…
PHOTO ART: MERCA2.0 | DALL-E The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is transforming the digital ecosystem, but it is also creating an emerging problem for journalism, SEO, and platforms like Google: the expansion of so-called “AI slop”. The report “Journalism and Technology Trends and Predictions 2026” from the Reuters Institute warns that the internet could…
Telecom companies in Nigeria are facing a serious problem as theft of their equipment continues to increase. New data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows that 656 key power assets were stolen from telecom sites in 2025. This includes 152 generators and 504 batteries, a situation that is affecting network quality and causing service…
Fears that agentic AI tools such as Anthropic’s Claude Cowork plug-ins could automate core enterprise processes and disrupt the traditional SaaS model triggered a sharp sell-off in global tech stocks, dragging down US software majors and wiping over ₹2 lakh crore off the market capitalisation of Indian IT firms, even as Indian industry leaders argue…
