Author: Anita Bosman

Kuwait City: TECHz – News Desk The Ministry of Transport Kuwait has introduced four new e-services through the Sahel app Kuwait government app, advancing the country’s push toward digital transformation and streamlined public service delivery. In a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the ministry said the services allow users to view all phone numbers registered under their names and manage them directly within the app. Subscribers can temporarily suspend active lines, permanently deactivate numbers, reactivate suspended lines, and manage both active and disconnected numbers without visiting service centres. The services are accessible under the “Phone Services” section of…

San Jose: TECKz – News Desk Zoom Communications, Inc. announced the appointment of Russell Dicker as the company’s chief product officer (CPO), leading product strategy for Zoom’s system of action, turning conversations into completed work through AI. Russell brings more than 25 years of experience building and scaling global product platforms, including leading Microsoft Teams’ product and data science teams, with a focus on applying AI to simplify workflows and improve how work gets done. Russell joins Zoom at a pivotal time, as companies seek AI tools to automate processes and tasks, freeing up time for higher-level work. Zoom is…

Washington: TECHz – News Desk The World Bank Group, through its private-sector arm the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Citi have signed a new 1.6 billion South African rand borrowing facility that will expand IFC’s ability to provide local currency financing in South Africa. This facility adds to the World Bank Group’s suite of local currency financing instruments, strengthening its capacity to support private sector development. The facility has supported IFC’s anchor investment into the Cape Water outcome-based bond issued by South Africa’s FirstRand Bank – the first outcome bond issued by a commercial bank globally. Jorge Familiar, Vice President…

Nairobi: TECHz – News Desk Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, announced its equity investment in Dhamana Guarantee Company Limited, a credit enhancement facility established to unlock long-term, local-currency financing for infrastructure projects across East Africa. The investment forms part of AFC’s approved commitment of up to US$20 million in capital, with an initial tranche of US$10 million in Dhamana’s core capital. Dhamana is designed to provide guarantees that enable infrastructure developers access domestic debt capital markets – particularly pension funds and institutional investors – on improved terms, while also supporting financial institutions to deepen financial…

Dubai: TECHz – News Desk Tabby has been granted a Stored Value Facilities (SVF) licence by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), authorising the company to hold customer funds and introduce a new suite of financial products, including spending accounts, cards and money management tools. The licence marks a major step in Tabby’s evolution into a full service financial services app in the UAE, where it already serves millions of customers. It enables the company to embed everyday financial services including spending, sending and managing money into a platform customers already trust and use regularly. Regulated across the GCC…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk End-to-end data management solutions and services provider Data Management Professionals South Africa (DMP SA) has acquired a stake in local software development specialist Plastic Duck Armada (PDA) to bolster its ability to deliver automated, insight-led data management at scale. DMP SA Managing Director, Iniel Dreyer explains that his company’s collaboration with PDA stretches back more than a decade, with this long-standing relationship forming the logical foundation for the deal. Iniel Dreyer, Managing Director, DMP SA: “The reason we’re formalising this partnership now is to ensure that, as we develop integrations and solutions together, it becomes…

Marrakech: TECHz – News Desk Visa, a global leader in digital payments, invite Fintech innovators based in Africa to apply for Cohort 6 of the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator. The deadline for applications is May 17, 2026 on Visa Accelerator / Visa. This announcement comes on the back of a spotlight on 18 high-growth fintech startups from 10 African countries at the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Cohort 5 Demo Day, held during GITEX Africa in Marrakech. Marking a major milestone for the program, Visa also announced that the accelerator has now supported more than 100 startups across the continent since…

Lisbon: TECHz – News Desk The Government of Mozambique is strengthening its cybersecurity capabilities through enhanced cooperation with the European Union under the TAIEX programme of the European Commission. The initiative aims to support institutional and legal reforms while advancing the country’s digital transformation agenda. As part of this collaboration, a team of five Cyber Incident Response Team (CSIRT) technicians from the National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (INTIC) is currently in Lisbon, Portugal, for a study visit and intensive training at the National Centre for Cybersecurity of Portugal (CNCS). The program includes knowledge exchange with CERT.PT and focuses…

Dubai: TECHz – News Desk Google announced the launch of Personal Intelligence to users in the Arab world. Personal Intelligence securely connects information from apps like Gmail and Google Photos to make Gemini uniquely helpful. Users can control exactly which apps to link, and each one supercharges the experience. Personal Intelligence was introduced in the U.S earlier this year. This capability has two core strengths: reasoning across complex sources and retrieving specific details from, say, an email or photo to answer questions. It often combines these, working across text, photos and video to provide uniquely tailored answers. This capability helps…

Hong Kong: TECHz – News Desk The Government of Zambia has made a significant breakthrough in digital health transformation after consolidating more than 12 million patient records into the SmartCare Pro electronic health records system, creating a strong foundation for an AI-ready healthcare ecosystem. The announcement was made by SMART Zambia Institute National Coordinator Percy Chinyama during the Digital and Intelligent Health Forum of the World Internet Conference (WIC) held in Hong Kong on April 14, 2026. He noted that the system is now operational in over 2,000 health facilities across the country, significantly improving access to integrated and intelligent…