Author: Anita Bosman

San Francisco: TECHz – News Desk Uber is expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance real-time ride matching, delivery efficiency, and AI-driven personalization across its global platform. The company is increasing its use of AWS Graviton instances to power more of its Trip Serving Zones, the real-time systems responsible for handling every ride and delivery request. These systems process massive volumes of location data and make split-second decisions such as driver matching, route optimization, and arrival time predictions. By leveraging Graviton-based compute, Uber aims to improve performance while reducing energy consumption and costs,…

San Jose: TECHz – News Desk Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today announced significant advancements to its hybrid data and AI platform. These updates help enterprises modernize seamlessly, lower infrastructure costs, and accelerate analytics and AI across their entire data estate. Enterprises face mounting pressure to modernize data platforms while managing cost and risk, creating significant operational strain. As AI investment accelerates, PwC projects that AI could add as much as $320 billion to the Middle East economy by 2030, with the UAE expected to experience the most significant relative uplift, contributing close to 14% of…

Pleasanton: TECHz – News Desk Healthcare Triangle, Inc., a leader in digital transformation solutions for healthcare and life sciences, today announced its significant progress in its global expansion strategy with its wholly owned subsidiary QuantumNexis Inc. (“QuantumNexis”) and its success in acquiring key customers and making its market entry North‑Eastern Africa. QuantumNexis has secured new healthcare customers in Kenya, Botswana, and Tanzania, with active engagements underway in Uganda and Egypt. This expansion underscores Quantum Nexis’ commitment to enabling modern, interoperable, AI‑enabled healthcare ecosystems across emerging markets. According to Fortune Business Insights, the North African healthcare market is a major part…

London: TECHz – News Desk Verto has announced a renewed push to simplify cross-border payments between the United States and Africa, targeting startups and SMEs with operational links across emerging markets. The company noted that many US banks often classify African-related transactions as high-risk, creating challenges such as blocked payments, sudden account freezes, and repeated compliance checks for businesses operating in markets like Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. Positioning itself as a solution to these challenges, Verto said its platform enables seamless payment flows from the US to emerging markets while also supporting easy collection from US-based customers. The company…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Google and UpSkill Universe, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading AI and business skills training partner, have announced a major redesign of the Google Hustle Academy programme. For the first time, the free training initiative is open to everyone, not just business owners. The new curriculum is focused on equipping individuals and entrepreneurs with practical AI skills. Small businesses are the engine of Africa’s economy, creating over 80% of jobs on the continent. To help them grow, the Hustle Academy was launched in 2022, providing bootcamp-style training on business strategy, digital skills, AI, and leadership. The program has…

Masero: TECHz – News Desk UNICEF Lesotho is strengthening efforts to promote child-safe and inclusive digital transformation through a high-level Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) workshop held on Wednesday at the Avani Lesotho Hotel & Casino. The workshop brought together key stakeholders to explore how digital systems can better support essential child-focused services, including birth registration, education, healthcare, and social protection. Participants examined ways to build digital systems that are efficient, secure, and inclusive, with a strong emphasis on protecting children’s data and ensuring that vulnerable groups are not excluded from access to essential services. Discussions highlighted the importance of embedding…

Nairobi: TECHz – News Desk Kenya is accelerating efforts to expand access to technology, digital skills, and employment opportunities through the nationwide rollout of Digital Innovation Hubs, according to Hon. William Kabogo Gitau. Speaking after appearing before a joint sitting of the National Assembly Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation and the NG-CDF Committee – chaired by John Kiarie and Musa Sirma respectively – Kabogo said the government is making progress on the Digital Innovation Hubs Project, a key pillar of President William Ruto’s digital transformation agenda. He noted that the initiative aims to broaden access to technology and skills…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader, has launched Africa’s first Partner Experience Centre powered by Google Cloud in Johannesburg, South Africa. The state-of-the-art facility is designed to empower partners and resellers to move beyond traditional distribution, providing the immersive, hands-on environment needed to architect and deploy cloud and AI solutions tailored specifically to African market needs. Through the Centre, partners will be onboarded to a structured journey that guides them in securing official Google Cloud accreditation and certification. Beyond technical training provided by both Liquid C2 and Google, the centre…

Nairobi: TECHz – News Desk Sending money to Canada has been harder than it should be. Wire queues, unpredictable fees, days of uncertainty, whether you’re supporting family in Ontario, paying a Canadian contractor, or settling a business invoice. Starting today, Grey users can send Canadian Dollars directly to any Canadian bank account, arriving in minutes via Interac for $3.00, or the next business day via bank transfer for $2.50. No percentage fee. No wire delays. Canada is home to one of the world’s most diverse diaspora populations, with communities from Nigeria, India, the Philippines, and other emerging markets deeply connected…

Cairo: TECHz- News Desk Kaspersky has identified a new variant of the SparkCat Trojan in the App Store and Google Play – a year after the crypto-stealing malware was first discovered and removed from both platforms. The Trojan hides inside legitimate-looking apps and scans users’ photo galleries for cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases. The new version of SparkCat is distributed through infected legitimate apps – a messenger designed for enterprise communication and a food delivery app. Kaspersky experts found two infected apps on the App Store and one on Google Play, from which the malicious code has since been removed. Kaspersky…