Author: Anita Bosman

Betzdorf: TECHz – News Desk SES S.A. announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2026, reporting strong year-on-year growth following the consolidation of Intelsat. Revenue for Q1 2026 reached €847 million, up from €509 million in the same period last year on a reported basis, representing an increase of 80.5% at constant foreign exchange rates. On a like-for-like basis, revenue increased 3.1% from €909 million. Adjusted EBITDA rose to €404 million from €280 million in Q1 2025, marking a 57.0% increase at constant FX, while like-for-like adjusted EBITDA grew 5.0% from €425 million. The company said…

Accra: TECHz – News Desk Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has shared details of her participation at the 3i Africa Summit 2026, a high-level gathering focused on Innovation, Investment, and Impact. The summit was hosted by the Bank of Ghana under the leadership of Governor Johnson Asiama, bringing together policymakers, financial institutions, innovators, and private sector actors to discuss Africa’s digital and economic future. She emphasized that Africa’s long-term development will depend less on external narratives and more on how effectively countries on the continent build and integrate systems at scale. She noted that Ghana’s role as a gateway to…

Los Angeles: TECHz – News Desk The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation are honored to announce BleagLee, a Cameroon-based AI-powered waste recycling company, as the $1 million Grand Prize winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in AI and Manufacturing. The award is designed to recognize established companies driving innovation in Africa’s manufacturing sector with the potential to scale, create jobs, and spread the adoption of these technologies across the world. The winners were announced today at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. BleagLee was awarded top honors for its work in leveraging AI-powered waste collection to convert plastic,…

Manama: TECHz – News Desk BENEFIT, the Kingdom’s leading innovator in fintech and electronic financial transaction services, has announced the launch of its new “Scheduled Transfers” feature through the BenefitPay app, under the Central Bank of Bahrain’s directive. The launch marks a further step in the continued development of Bahrain’s digital payments ecosystem and the delivery of innovative solutions that simplify the management of users’ everyday financial transfers. The new feature allows users to schedule money transfers in advance through Fawri and Fawri+, offering a more convenient and efficient experience by removing the need to manually initiate each transaction every…

Dubai: TECHz – News Desk AmiViz, the Middle East’s leading cybersecurity and AI-focused value-added distributor, announced a strategic alliance with Evertrust, to bring full-fledge PKI and certificate lifecycle management solutions to enterprises across the Middle East and Africa. The collaboration strengthens AmiViz’s cybersecurity portfolio with advanced capabilities that help organisations prevent certificate outages, automate renewals, modernise legacy PKI environments, and prepare for post‑quantum cryptography. Evertrust’s unified platform combines a modern, sovereign PKI core with full certificate lifecycle management (CLM), enabling enterprises to establish, manage, and govern machine identities across on‑premises, cloud, OT, and hybrid environments. With certificate volumes rising and…

Abuja: TECHz – News Desk The Federal Government of Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to improving telecom service quality across the country, outlining a dual strategy that combines long-term infrastructure expansion with immediate sector stabilisation measures. According to a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Nigeria’s longstanding connectivity challenges stem from years of underinvestment in infrastructure and operational constraints that have limited the ability of telecom operators to consistently deliver quality services. The government said it is addressing these issues through both structural reforms and short-term interventions. On the long-term side, the government highlighted…

Abu Dhabi: TECHz – News Desk The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) yesterday signed an agreement with the Advanced Technology Research Council’s (ATRC) and its entities at Make it in the Emirates, that will accelerate the UAE’s transion to quantum safe security and strengthen national resilience against evolving cyber threats. The contract was consolidated between VentureOne, ATRC’s commercial arm and CSC, to deploy and scale cybersecurity solutions. This will support one of the world’s first coordinated national post-quantum migration plans. The solutions are based on cryptographic libraries developed by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), QuantumGate’s Crypto Discovery Tool (CDT), and…

Abu Dhabi: TECHz – News Desk Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, announced a strategic partnership with Skylo Technologies, a leading global non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider, to deliver standards-based direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity through its geostationary satellite, Thuraya-4. The companies have already demonstrated what this means in practice: a bi-directional, real-time voice call completed over Thuraya-4, no modified SIM and no changes to existing operator core infrastructure. Technology integration between Skylo’s 3GPP-compliant NTN platform and Thuraya-4 is complete, confirming the service is ready for commercial deployment. For carriers, the partnership delivers an integrated extension of their existing…

Conakry: TECHz – News Desk Guinea has taken a major step toward strengthening its digital infrastructure following the signing of a contract for the construction and maintenance of a second submarine fibre-optic cable, aimed at expanding national connectivity capacity. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Amadou Oury BAH, who described the project as a key milestone for the country’s digital future. The new infrastructure comes 13 years after the installation of Guinea’s first submarine fibre-optic cable, which is now approaching saturation due to rising demand for internet services and data consumption. According to the Prime Minister, the project is…

London: TECHz – News Desk Airtel Africa plc delivered a strong performance for the year ended 31 March 2026, supported by broad-based growth across its telecom and mobile money businesses, driven by rising data consumption, expanding digital services, and continued operational efficiency. Revenue rose to $6.42 billion, up 29.5% in reported currency and 24.0% in constant currency, reflecting strong momentum across key markets, particularly Nigeria and Francophone Africa. Growth was driven by higher demand for mobile data and continued expansion of Airtel Money, alongside tariff adjustments and favourable macroeconomic conditions. Sunil Taldar, Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Africa: “This year delivered…