Author: Anita Bosman

Muscat: TECHz – News Desk Thawani Technologies LLC (Thawani Pay) an Omani fintech and the first non-bank payment service provider licensed by the Central Bank of Oman and Network International (Network), the Middle East and Africa’s leading fintech company, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate digital payment innovation and expand credit card capabilities in the Sultanate of Oman. This partnership builds on Thawani Pay’s continued growth and innovation momentum, including a landmark milestone in becoming the first leading fintech in Oman to officially secure a Visa license to issue credit cards and a national first that reinforces Thawani Pay’s role…

Lagos: TECHz – News Desk Spacecoin™ has announced the signing of strategic agreements with government authorities, telecom operators, and IoT companies across Asia and Africa, marking a major step in the company’s regional expansion. The collaborations aim to address the limitations of terrestrial infrastructure, which often cannot reach remote areas or meet the demands of large-scale connectivity projects. By leveraging satellite technology, Spacecoin plans to provide reliable coverage and scalable solutions for communications and IoT applications in regions where traditional networks fall short. The company envisions satellites as a key enabler to bridge connectivity gaps and solve complex infrastructure challenges,…

Lagos: TECHz – News Desk Cardtonic has announced the launch of Pil, a new B2B card spend management platform, following a $2.1 million pre-seed funding round from angel investors. The platform is designed to serve businesses with high-volume operations, offering features that allow teams to fund cards with Naira, Cedi, or stablecoins, manage spending controls, and monitor all transactions and accounting in a centralized system. The funding marks a strategic shift for Cardtonic, moving from bootstrapped retail-focused operations to building enterprise-grade infrastructure. Pil was developed to address the operational needs of businesses, including predictable limits, team management, and visibility for…

Cairo: TECHz – News Desk KNOT Technologies has raised a $1 million pre-seed round led by A15 to scale its AI-native ticketing and access control infrastructure. The company aims to rebuild how identity, distribution, and value flow in live events. For decades, ticketing has run on legacy rails that leave organisers blind to demand, fans exposed to fraud, and billions of dollars leaking into unregulated resale markets. KNOT Technologies believes the problem is not inevitable. It is a data failure that can be fixed with AI. KNOT’s founders, with prior experience at Meta, Goldman Sachs, and Mubadala, spent months conducting…

Doha: TECHz – News Desk Vodafone Qatar has announced the availability of Starlink satellite internet for business customers, expanding reliable connectivity options across hard-to-reach and remote locations. The new service enables businesses to access high-speed, low-latency internet regardless of geographical constraints, ensuring continuity of operations and dependable connectivity wherever they operate. By leveraging Starlink’s satellite network, Vodafone Qatar is strengthening its business connectivity portfolio and addressing the needs of enterprises operating beyond traditional terrestrial network coverage. The move underscores Vodafone Qatar’s commitment to enabling digital transformation and supporting business resilience through innovative connectivity solutions tailored to diverse operational environments.

Abidjan: TECHz – News Desk On January 16, 2026, the Office of the National Civil State and Identification (ONECI) and La Poste de Côte d’Ivoire officially launched MaPoste, a mobile application that enables citizens with a National Identification Number (NNI) to access a digital mailbox and a range of postal and administrative services directly from their smartphones. The launch event, held at Hotel Azalaï de Marcory, brought together key leaders from Côte d’Ivoire’s digital transformation ecosystem, including the Authority of Regulation of Telecommunications/ICT (ARTCI), the National Agency of the Universal Telecommunications Service (ANSUT), the National Agency for Security of Information…

Riyadh: TECHz – News Desk SentinelOne®, the leader in AI-native cybersecurity, announced the local availability of the SentinelOne Singularity™ Platform on Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia. The expansion marks a major milestone in SentinelOne’s investment in the Kingdom and unlocks a new era of AI-powered cybersecurity for organizations operating in highly regulated industries. SentinelOne enables Saudi public sector entities, financial institutions, energy providers, healthcare organizations, and critical infrastructure operators to adopt advanced autonomous threat prevention, detection, and response. With its platform now hosted entirely within the Kingdom, all of SentinelOne’s customer security data, including logs, threat telemetry, agent data and…

Cairo: TECHz – News Desk Network International, a leading fintech company in the Middle East and Africa, has signed a strategic processing agreement with Saudi Sudanese Bank, one of Sudan’s prominent financial institutions. The partnership marks a key milestone in Network International’s expansion into Sudan and underscores its commitment to modernizing and securing payment infrastructure across the region. Under the agreement, Network International will provide Saudi Sudanese Bank with end-to-end digital payment processing services, including Mastercard Sponsorship, prepaid issuing, and value-added solutions to support the bank’s digital transformation. The collaboration aims to modernize Sudan’s financial ecosystem, improve trade settlement efficiency,…

Riyadh: TECHz – News Desk SUDO, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner with expertise in DevOps, migration, modernization, and AI/ML solutions, has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The agreement aligns with Saudi Vision 2030 and supports national objectives around technology innovation, economic diversification, and large-scale digital capability development. Through the collaboration, SUDO will work closely with AWS to help customers accelerate cloud adoption, modernize legacy systems, and build secure, scalable digital platforms using AWS’s regional infrastructure. The initiative targets both public and private sector organizations, enabling faster adoption of cloud and AI technologies, reduced…

Sharjah: TECHz – News Desk Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SPARK) has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the UK-based Global Centre for AI Excellence (GCAIE), a leading organization in AI governance, institutional readiness, and value-driven AI adoption. The agreement, signed at SPARK’s headquarters in Sharjah, underscores the emirate’s ambition to strengthen its position on the global AI map. The partnership will implement the Global AI Excellence Model (GAIEM), an internationally recognized framework that helps governments, enterprises, and innovation ecosystems adopt AI securely, ethically, and with measurable economic impact. Through this collaboration, SPARK and GCAIE will focus on developing…