Author: Anita Bosman
Ilorin: TECHz – News Desk The Airtel Africa Foundation (AAF) has accelerated its drive for digital inclusion and youth empowerment by awarding scholarships and distributing future-ready laptops to 23 first-year students at the University of Ilorin. The distribution forms a core part of the AAF’s Tech Fellows programme, which supports talented students across scholarship institutions by providing them with the necessary digital tools for innovation and skills development. Going beyond basic connectivity, the initiative ensures that young learners have reliable access to software applications, digital platforms, and essential learning materials to enhance their educational and professional prospects. To ensure the…
Baku: TECHz – News Desk As artificial intelligence shifts from simple search tools to independent decision-makers, the digital economy is entering the era of agentic commerce. A comprehensive report by Mastercard titled “Encoding Trust: The Race for Intent, Consent and Control in the Agentic World” investigates how machine-mediated markets will scale safely through robust trust, identity, and security architectures. The financial opportunity for automated systems is immense. Forecasts indicate that agent-assisted consumer spending will reach $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030, with business-to-business transaction volumes projected to scale at even higher multiples. However, industry leaders emphasize that commercial expansion…
Manama: TECHz – News Desk In a major development for the Kingdom’s digital landscape, stc Bahrain has officially entered into a strategic partnership with global information management leader Iron Mountain. Announced on August 2, 2026, the collaboration aims to accelerate enterprise digital transformation across Bahrain by tackling one of the most critical foundational hurdles: document digitization. Many traditional enterprises in Bahrain continue to face operational challenges related to legacy physical records and fragmented data silos. To solve this, the partnership integrates stc Bahrain’s advanced digital infrastructure with Iron Mountain’s deep global expertise in information management. The collaboration is designed to…
Riyadh: TECHz – News Desk Etihad Salam Telecom Company (Salam), a prominent provider of telecommunications and digital infrastructure in the Kingdom, has been officially awarded a Tier 2 license by the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) to deliver Managed Security Operations Center (MSOC) services. The authorization, officially issued on Sunday, July 5, 2026 (20/1/1448H), grants Salam the regulatory approval to provide these specialized cybersecurity services across Saudi Arabia for a five-year period. The newly acquired Tier 2 license empowers Salam to offer structured security monitoring, active threat detection, and actionable response recommendations to its enterprise clients. Under the NCA’s regulatory framework,…
Tallinn: TECHz – News Desk Bolt has officially launched a global integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, enabling customers to plan and initiate ride-hailing directly through the artificial intelligence platform. Rolled out simultaneously across all of the company’s operating markets, this integration grants ChatGPT’s 900 million weekly users immediate access to Bolt’s mobility services. This strategic move establishes Bolt as the first ride-hailing application accessible via ChatGPT across the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. The integration is also concurrently available across Bolt’s African and other global markets. The integration transforms the traditional app-based booking model into a…
Abu Dhabi: TECHz – News Desk Binance’s tokenized stock product, bStocks, crossed $500 million in assets under management on July 28, rising from $5.6 million on its launch day, June 11, achieving this milestone in just seven weeks. The platform has expanded its offerings from five initial tickers to more than 46, recently adding major technology and financial companies such as Apple, Amazon, Dell, Goldman Sachs, and PayPal. bStocks provides users with continuous trading capabilities and allows for free, instant, two-way conversion between a bStock and its underlying equity. These tokenized securities are classified as Certificates representing certain Financial Instruments…
Washington: TECHz – News Desk Amazon has officially entered the race to connect everyday smartphones directly from space, filing an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch a sprawling new low Earth orbit satellite network. The proposed constellation, comprising 5,105 satellites, is designed to beam voice, messaging, data, and emergency services straight to standard mobile devices without requiring specialized hardware or traditional cell towers. Scheduled to begin deployment in 2028, the Amazon Leo Direct-to-Device system builds upon the company’s aggressive expansion in the space sector. The new network will combine Amazon’s existing Project Kuiper infrastructure with assets gained from…
Nouakchott-Shanghai: TECHz – News Desk Mauritania and Oman have formalized a growing technological alliance by signing a landmark cooperation agreement and multiple Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). Centered on accelerating digital transformation, the pact encompasses strategic collaborations in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, digital capacity building, and professional training. The agreements were officially finalized during the closing ceremony of the Mauritanian-Omani Digitalization Forum, which concluded on July 30, 2026, at the Diplomatic Academy in Nouakchott. The bilateral event successfully brought together government officials, private sector representatives, and public institutions to explore and chart mutual opportunities within the digital economy. Key dignitaries overseeing…
Sydney: TECHz – News Desk Veeam Software, the Data and AI Trust Company, announced the general availability of Veeam Data Cloud Vault Archive at VeeamON Sydney. The new archival-class cloud tier joins the Veeam Data Cloud Vault family to provide secure, compliant, and long-term backup retention using archive-class economics. The solution allows organizations to move redundant, obsolete, and trivial data, referred to as ROT data, away from expensive premium storage. By utilizing Veeam Vault Archive, businesses can securely shift aged backups and large unstructured data sets into a lower-cost tier while ensuring the information remains resilient, private, compliant, and recoverable.…
Redmond: TECHz – News Desk Microsoft has closed out its 2026 fiscal year with a massive earnings beat, propelled by accelerating demand for its artificial intelligence solutions and cloud infrastructure. Driven heavily by core infrastructure demand, the tech giant’s latest earnings highlight how foundational AI transformation has become for enterprise customers globally. While earlier milestones saw the company post $76.4 billion in Q4 2025, Microsoft’s official Q4 2026 results issued from Redmond, Washington, shattered that previous benchmark, pushing quarterly revenue to $90.0 billion. This represents an 18% year-over-year growth, or 17% in constant currency. The fourth quarter, ended June 30,…