Author: Anita Bosman

Riyadh: TECHz – News Desk Etihad Salam Telecom Company (Salam), a leading provider of telecommunications services in Saudi Arabia, announces it has signed a partnership agreement with DTM, an expert in digital transformation and cybersecurity. Under the partnership agreement signed at Black Hat MEA 2025, they will be launching four advanced cybersecurity solutions designed to fortify digital protection for organizations across the Kingdom. As a trusted provider of cyber defense services, Salam continues to support public- and private-sector entities with seamless, secure operations as they contribute to building Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure. This collaboration comes at a time when cyber…

Spring: TECHz – News Desk Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has expanded its GreenLake cloud portfolio to help enterprises modernize IT infrastructure and meet rising AI and hybrid cloud demands. With over 80% of companies re-evaluating workload deployment strategies due to cost pressures, licensing changes, and hybrid cloud adoption, HPE aims to provide tools that reduce operational complexity while enabling secure, agile, and high-performance IT environments. The company introduced enhancements to HPE Morpheus Software, including HPE Morpheus VM Essentials, which supports multi-hypervisor environments and reduces virtual machine licensing costs by up to 90%. The platform integrates zero-trust security with software-defined networking,…

New York: TECHz – News Desk Verve has reached a major milestone, announcing that more than 100 million Verve cards are now in circulation across Africa. The company shared the achievement on December 3, highlighting it as a significant marker of its growing footprint in the continent’s digital payments ecosystem. Verve emphasized that the accomplishment reflects the confidence of its partners and the loyalty of its users, noting that their support has been central to the company’s expansion. The brand reiterated its commitment to continuous innovation and to delivering secure, accessible and reliable payment solutions for Africans. With this milestone,…

New York: TECHz – News Desk LexisNexis Risk Solutions has introduced an enhanced version of LexisNexis IDVerse, a next-generation identity verification platform designed to strengthen fraud detection and streamline digital onboarding across sectors including financial services, gaming, retail and telecommunications. The upgraded solution uses proprietary artificial intelligence to detect advanced threats such as deepfakes and synthetic identities while accelerating verification for legitimate users. The latest release boosts accuracy, improves biometric and document checks and reduces the number of steps required in the verification process. Enhanced deepfake detection capabilities enable organizations to counter increasingly sophisticated fraud attempts involving forged or AI-altered…

London: TECHz – News Desk Standard Chartered marked a major milestone in its regional expansion with the official launch of its new Representative Office in Morocco, during an event held in the presence of high-level government officials, regulators, diplomats, clients and strategic partners. The ceremony brought together distinguished attendees including Mr. Saïd Ibrahimi, Chief Executive Officer of Casablanca Finance City Authority, senior representatives of Bank Al-Maghrib, members of the diplomatic corps including His Excellency Alex Pinfield OBE, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco, and leaders from Morocco’s financial, industrial and investment sectors. Representing Standard Chartered were Roberto Hoornweg, Chief…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk On December 2, 2025, Kenyan officials held a high-level meeting with Infratel Italia in Rome, Italy, to discuss collaboration on broadband expansion, digital-superhighway development, and smart-infrastructure planning. The meeting was led by Infratel Italia CEO Pietro Piccinetti and included Kenya’s Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Frederick Lusambili Matwang’a. Key discussion points focused on large-scale fiber deployment and 5G rollout models, leveraging Italy’s national infrastructure cadastre (SINFI) for coordinated planning and reduced excavation, and expanding public Wi-Fi networks to promote digital inclusion. The talks also addressed submarine-fiber connectivity for islands and remote regions, infrastructure mapping, national backbone…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Microsoft has announced a major milestone in its efforts to expand digital access across Africa, providing internet connectivity to over 117 million people and surpassing its 2025 target. The announcement was made during the B20 South Africa Summit, where the company also revealed a strategic collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the continent’s agriculture sector through blended finance and digital technology. The connectivity milestone builds on Microsoft’s 2022 commitment to deepen internet access, promote digital skills, and enhance AI readiness in Africa. Achieved through partnerships with…

Kuwait City: TECHz – News Desk The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that the Cabinet has approved a draft decree-law introducing a new Article (12 bis) to the Commercial Licensing Law No. (111) of 2013. The amendment aims to criminalize “Alternative Remittance Systems” (ARS), commonly known as hawala, which are considered one of the most dangerous illicit financial practices posing a direct threat to Kuwait’s financial and economic security. This move aligns with the country’s broader efforts to strengthen its national framework for combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit activities, while closing unregulated channels for transferring funds…

Abu Dhabi: TECHz – News Desk Emirates NBD has become the first financial institution globally to secure both WiredScore Platinum and SmartScore Platinum certifications, marking a significant milestone in digital connectivity and smart-building leadership within the MENAT banking sector. The dual achievement reflects the bank’s commitment to embedding advanced digital infrastructure and smart technology across its expanding network of physical assets. The certifications apply to flagship properties including the new Emirates NBD Group Head Office in Dubai and the bank’s new head office in Riyadh. These developments align with national ambitions under the UAE Vision 2030 and Saudi Vision 2030…

San Francisco: TECHz – News Desk OpenAI has announced its plan to acquire Neptune.ai, a move aimed at enhancing the tools and infrastructure that support frontier AI research. The acquisition is set to deepen OpenAI’s understanding of how advanced models learn, while providing researchers with more robust ways to track experiments and analyze model behavior in real time. Neptune.ai has built a reputation for supporting the iterative and hands-on process of model development. Its platform allows researchers to monitor training, compare thousands of runs, analyze metrics across layers, and quickly surface issues, giving teams greater insight into the complex workings…