Author: Anita Bosman

Dubai: TECHz – News Desk Pattern Group Inc., a leader in accelerating brands on global ecommerce marketplaces, announced the launch of Pattern Intelligence (Pi) at Accelerate, Pattern’s annual gathering of the world’s top ecommerce executives and brand leaders. Pi is Pattern’s AI-powered autonomous ecommerce execution engine that identifies opportunities and acts on them in real time, helping brand partners grow revenue, win market share, and build a stronger presence on the world’s top marketplaces. Pi runs active sensors across featured offers, advertising, content, pricing, and inventory. When a sensor fires, automated action loops act immediately, capturing opportunities and protecting performance.…

MEA: TECHz – News Desk Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, and GÉANT, the pan-European network and service provider for research and education, have taken their collaboration a step forward, strengthening connectivity for the global scientific and academic community. GÉANT operates the world’s largest network of its kind, interconnecting Europe’s National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and serving over 50 million users across 10,000 scientific institutions in Europe, with reach extending to more than 110 countries worldwide and backbone speeds of up to 1.6 Terabit per second. Already a GÉANT provider for…

Kahuro: TECHz – News Desk Murang’a County Government has announced a major upgrade of internet connectivity across 170 public medical facilities, transitioning them from WiFi-based services to satellite internet connectivity. The upgrade will be implemented on Thursday, 28 May 2026, and will be delivered through Starlink, a U.S. satellite internet provider, via its local authorised agent Paratus. The launch event is scheduled to take place at the Telemedicine Hub, Muriranja’s Hospital in Kahuro, Kiharu Constituency, starting at 11:00 AM. The initiative marks a significant step in strengthening digital health infrastructure across the county, with the aim of improving service delivery…

London: TECHz – News Desk Ericsson and VodafoneThree have announced the completion of a world-first network upgrade, successfully unifying core-level sharing through Ericsson’s deployment of ‘Multi-Operator Core Network’ (MOCN) technology with VodafoneThree’s existing ‘Multi-Operator Radio Access Network’ (MORAN) infrastructure over a multi-vendor 4G and 5G network. By integrating these technologies on more than 10,000 sites across the UK, up to 28.6 million Vodafone and Three customers are automatically connecting to the best available coverage – whether that’s on the Vodafone or Three network. In one of the first major benefits to subscribers following the Vodafone and Three merger, millions of…

Phokeng: TECHz – News Desk Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader, has partnered with Microsoft and South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies to launch a Mobile Digital Lab at the Royal Bafokeng Institute in Phokeng, North West Province. This initiative showcases the impact of public-private partnerships, combining the strengths of industry and government to bring digital connectivity, skills development, and meaningful economic opportunity directly to the Royal Bafokeng community. The solar-powered Mobile Digital Lab ensures reliable, sustainable access to technology and learning, even in areas where infrastructure has traditionally been a barrier.…

Addis Ababa: TECHz – News Desk Ethio telecom has announced that its shareholders are now officially cleared to begin trading shares on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), marking a major milestone in the country’s ongoing capital market reforms and digital economy ambitions. The development follows Ethiopia’s Homegrown Economic Reform agenda, which introduced policy and legal changes aimed at creating sustainable and inclusive economic growth. One of the key reforms was the establishment of the Ethiopian Capital Market to allow citizens to own stakes in state-owned enterprises. As part of this process, Ethio telecom transitioned from a public enterprise into a…

Brussels: TECHz – News Desk The Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV) and Smart Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in digital transformation, innovation, and capacity development across Africa. The partnership aims to combine Estonia’s internationally recognised digital expertise with Smart Africa’s continental vision for inclusive and sustainable digital development. Through this collaboration, the parties will work together to support digital public infrastructure, innovation ecosystems, digital skills, and entrepreneurship across Smart Africa’s 42 member states. Speaking at the MoU signing event in Brussels, ESTDEV’s Executive Director Andrea Kivi explained that for Estonia, digital transformation is…

Lusaka: TECHz – News Desk Zambia has taken a major step in advancing its digital transformation agenda following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between SMART Zambia and Huawei Technologies to jointly support the development of a National Artificial Intelligence Data Centre. The agreement also outlines a capacity-building programme that will see 5,000 Information and Communication Technology professionals trained by 2028 through Huawei’s Global Academy, aimed at strengthening Zambia’s digital skills pipeline and supporting long-term innovation capacity. The announcement was made during the 2026 Zambia Mobile Congress in Lusaka, where Vice President W.K. Mutale Nalumango reiterated government’s commitment to…

Abuja: TECHz – News Desk Simba Infrastructure Limited, a leading provider of customer experience and communications technology, has entered into a strategic partnership with Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB), the Federal Government of Nigeria’s ICT infrastructure and shared services provider, to deliver Hosted Unified Communications (UC) and Hosted Call Centre Solutions to organisations across both the public and private sectors. This collaboration brings together Simba Infrastructure’s deep expertise in converged communication technologies, systems integration, and private-sector engagement with Galaxy Backbone’s trusted government relationships, world-class Tier III and Tier IV data centre infrastructure, and an extensive fibre-optic network spanning 30 states and…

Cairo: TECHz – News Desk Egypt is intensifying efforts to strengthen its position in the global semiconductor and electronics industry through a new long-term cooperation framework designed to accelerate exports, attract investment, and expand advanced engineering capabilities. The initiative brings together the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, Information Technology Industry Development Agency, and the Export Development Fund under a new seven-year cooperation framework focused on supporting high-value technology industries. As part of the agreement, electronics design, semiconductor engineering, embedded systems, and mobile-related services will now be included within Egypt’s Export Development Program.…