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CXO Insight Middle East ·
SANS Institute has announced the 2026 edition of SANS Gulf Region. The event every year brings together cybersecurity professionals for an extensive programme of hands-on training designed to address the Middle East’s threat landscape....
CXO Insight Middle East ·
Schneider Electric , AVEVA , Nscale , and Start Campus , announced one of the first pilots of an end-to-end digital twin developed using the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint , part of NVIDIA DSX Sim. The Immersive Twin pilot marks a...
CXO Insight Middle East ·
Nutanix announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA, Supermicro, and Netris to deliver new AI solutions that aim to simplify the infrastructure required for production AI and help organisations bring new capabilities online faster. By...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Apple has introduced a radically unique design language and logo for Apple Music, abandoning its traditional aesthetic in favor of a dynamic, physics-based approach. The new visual identity features a musical note floating beneath...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Following its transition to a private company and the assumption of $20 billion in debt, Electronic Arts (EA) has initiated a sweeping corporate restructuring. The overhaul includes a 3% reduction in its global workforce, impacting...
TechCentral ·
MultiChoice revenue fell 3% like for like in the first nine months, though the decline eased in the third quarter.
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Airbnb is introducing clearer guidelines on what hosts can reasonably ask guests to do before checking out, addressing one of the most common frustrations among travelers using the platform. Under the updated policy , hosts may still...
TechCabal · · Unconfirmed
Nigeria reportedly bleeds millions of dollars annually due to its reliance on cloud infrastructure controlled by a handful of foreign big tech firms, according to Melanie Hui, Chief Executive Officer of Luminate, a global organisation...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), operating through its MOBILIST programme, has officially subscribed for approximately $15 million in shares of Quickmart’s impending initial public offering (IPO) ....
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
The Renewable Energy Performance Platform 2 (REPP 2), a private debt fund managed by the UK-based climate and impact investment firm Camco , has officially secured a €12 million senior debt facility for Afreenergy Solar . This...
TechCentral ·
A cut to its advertising forecast and a fourth straight quarter of slowing growth have rattled investors.
TechCentral · · Medium severity
Cloudflare saw millions of exploit attempts after PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed.
AI saves workers a day a week, but they don’t know what to do with it | CIO ·
The Swedish AI company Berget AI, together with researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the organizations WattTime and Klimatkollen, has developed a new method for calculating how much carbon dioxide different AI...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Nigeria has officially reclaimed its position as Africa’s top destination for startup venture capital funding, Data released by market intelligence firm Africa: The Big Deal shows that Nigerian startups secured $635 million in...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Cassava Technologies has expanded its artificial intelligence infrastructure by integrating NVIDIA Nemotron open models into its AI Factory, giving enterprises and service providers more flexible and cost-efficient options for...
Tech In Africa ·
Egyptian property technology startup Aqar Exit has secured $200,000 in fresh investment at a $2 million valuation, marking an important step in its plans to expand its services and enter new markets. the funding came from Ayman Mamdouh...
Tech In Africa ·
Egyptian property technology startup Aqar Exit has secured $200,000 in fresh investment from businessman Ayman Mamdouh Abbas, executive chairman of Intro Holding Group , in a deal that values the company at approximately $2 million. The...
Tech In Africa ·
Egyptian fintech company MNT-Halan has made a strong debut on the Egyptian Exchange following an initial public offering (IPO) that raised EGP 7.84 billion, approximately $150 million, attracting significant interest from local and...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
On October 14, the African Development Bank announced that a UNDP delegation visited its headquarters in Abidjan. It discussed moving the AI 10 Billion Initiative from launch to delivery. This plan aims to invest $1 billion each year...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Abu Dhabi-listed holding company Invictus Investment and leading Africa-focused private equity firm Helios Investment Partners have forged a major strategic business partnership. Through its Helios Fund V , the firm has agreed to...
Cio Sa ·
Storing data locally does not automatically guarantee data sovereignty. During a panel discussion titled: Borderless business, local data: Navigating data sovereignty in 2026, top IT leaders unpacked how to balance global cloud scale...
TechCentral ·
Innovex 2026 is a free, two-day summit in Rustenburg for South African entrepreneurs.
TechCabal ·
African banks could accelerate innovation by getting more out of existing payment systems instead of investing in costly replacements. That was a key theme at BPC Client Conference 2026 in Cape Town, on Wednesday, where bankers,...
Cio Sa ·
Artificial intelligence is moving at extraordinary speed, leaving technology leaders with a growing list of decisions about where to invest, what to build and how quickly to move on. Capitec Bank group CIO Andrew Baker cut through the...
TechCentral ·
Discovery has moved cybercrime to the top of its risk register, warning frontier AI models are speeding up attacks.
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Tactful AI , an Egyptian proptech and customer experience (CX) startup building infrastructure for agentic automation, has secured an undisclosed investment from Hatem Dowidar, former Group CEO of UAE telecom giant e&. The strategic...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Johannesburg-based investment firm Sango Capital has expanded its leadership team with the appointments of Darryn Schovell as Principal and Rainer Steinhagen as Vice President. These hires follow a period of significant portfolio...
Cio Sa ·
Ankit Shah, chief data officer at Virgin Active, urged technology leaders at the 2026 IT Indaba to look beyond generative AI to quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and blockchain. He spoke during a session titled Beyond AI:...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
US-based Aries Media Ventures has officially launched Aries Media Ventures Fund I , an early-stage venture vehicle dedicated to backing MediaTech startups across Sub-Saharan Africa . Announced in Los Angeles on October 20, 2026, the...
TechAfrica News ·
EdfaPay, the Saudi payment technology company, and GoPravo , a Sudanese IT company, have officially launched the joint venture, SDPay, to provide and operate financial services and payments infrastructure in Sudan. The new entity is a...
Cio Sa ·
An interactive workshop at the 2026 IT Indaba explored how organisations can move AI prototypes into business operations, focusing on measurable value, governance, security and practical implementation.
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Egyptian proptech startup Aqar Exit has secured a $200,000 investment from Ayman Mamdouh Abbas , Executive Chairman of Intro Holding Group, in exchange for a 10% equity stake. Announced by founder and chairman Mahmoud Ammar following...
TechAfrica News ·
Mastercard has introduced Mastercard Gateway in Syria, providing businesses and financial institutions with a fully integrated platform capable of processing secure digital payments across point-of-sale (POS), and e-commerce payment...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
MNT-Halan , Egypt’s premier lending and payments platform, officially debuted on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on Tuesday under the ticker symbol HALN.CA. Marking the nation’s largest initial public offering (IPO) in at least five years,...
TechAfrica News ·
AI agents could become significant new invisible network users by the end of the decade, with 63 percent of smartphone users in the UAE expected to delegate everyday tasks to AI agents by 2030, according to new Ericsson ConsumerLab...
TechAfrica News ·
Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader, has announced the expansion of its AI Factory capabilities with NVIDIA Nemotron open models, helping enterprises and service providers to grow and innovate with AI more effectively and...
CIO Africa ·
For years, data centre development revolved around finding suitable sites, securing customers and deploying computing infrastructure. As artificial intelligence workloads...
Cio Sa ·
Can consumers trust a system making automated decisions about them? At the 2026 IT Indaba, panellists unpacked the concept of “digital ethics by design”, explaining why human oversight remains mandatory even as multi-agent AI networks...
TechCentral ·
Diesel's levy drops by R3/l and petrol's by R1.50/l from 4 November, at a cost of R10-billion in tax revenue.
CXO Insight Middle East ·
Veeam Software announced the Veeam Sovereign Service Providers Programme, a phased global initiative designed to help customers identify trusted local service providers that combine sovereign operating capabilities with Veeam-powered...
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