Airtel Africa Plc said its artificial intelligence–powered spam detection service flagged more than 205 million unwanted text messages across 13 of its 14 markets in the past six months, underscoring the company’s push to strengthen consumer protection as mobile adoption rises on the continent.
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Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.

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