Author: Anita Bosman

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has announced a strategic partnership with TransferMate, the world’s leading provider of embedded B2B payments infrastructure as a service, to expand global receivables and local accounts solutions for QNB customers worldwide. This partnership enables QNB to integrate TransferMate’s award-winning technology directly into its platform, providing corporate clients with access to a broader network of international multicurrency collections and local accounts capabilities. Through this collaboration, QNB customers will now be able to invoice and receive cross border payments in multiple currencies, benefiting from reduced…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk The platform will enable Absa to deliver faster, more personalised financial services, while ensuring local data sovereignty and regulatory requirements across its Pan-African markets. Absa has entered into a strategic partnership with Huawei to implement an innovative Private Cloud Solution, accelerating the bank’s evolution into a digital-first, cloud-native organisation. This initiative marks a significant milestone in Absa’s journey to enhance customer experience, streamline operations, and advance financial inclusion across the continent. The platform will enable Absa to deliver faster, more personalised financial services, while ensuring local data sovereignty and regulatory requirements across its Pan-African markets.…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk LG Electronics (LG) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SK Enmove (SKEN) and Green Revolution Cooling (GRC) to jointly develop and expand next-generation liquid immersion cooling solutions optimized for artificial intelligence data centers (AIDCs). Under the agreement, the three companies will collaborate to explore new business opportunities, conduct joint marketing and deliver proof of concept (PoC) demonstrations for integrated solutions and business models in liquid immersion cooling for AIDCs. SKEN, a leading company in advanced lubricating base oils and premium lubricants, provides next-generation thermal management solutions, including immersion cooling fluids, and…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk As digital transformation continues to reshape global economies, the Digital Skills for Jobs and Income II initiative is driving South Africa’s next generation toward a more inclusive and technologically empowered future. The program is designed to equip young people – particularly NEET youth, women, and persons with disabilities – with the digital skills needed to thrive in an increasingly AI-powered world. Delivered in collaboration with a network of local and international partners, the initiative aligns with South Africa’s broader goals of economic growth, digital inclusion, and sustainable job creation. It offers both introductory and advanced…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Cisco has unveiled a series of major innovations designed to accelerate the global deployment of secure, scalable artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The announcements, made in collaboration with NVIDIA and industry partners, mark a significant step forward in redefining data center, enterprise, and telecom architectures for the AI era. At the center of the announcement is the Cisco N9100, the first NVIDIA partner-developed data center switch based on NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet switch silicon. The switch will serve as the foundation for NVIDIA Cloud Partner-compliant reference architectures, enabling both neocloud and sovereign cloud deployments. This advancement positions…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Thunes, a global leader in cross-border payments, has entered a strategic partnership with Yellow Card, a U.S.-based licensed stablecoin on- and off-ramp provider operating across emerging markets. The collaboration aims to accelerate stablecoin adoption and enhance the efficiency of international business payments in developing economies. By combining Thunes’ extensive global payment network with Yellow Card’s robust stablecoin infrastructure, the partnership seeks to make cross-border money movement faster, more transparent, and more accessible for businesses and individuals in underserved regions. This joint effort supports the shared goal of expanding financial inclusion through the use of blockchain…

Cairo: TECHz – News Desk At the Security Analyst Summit in Thailand, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) unveiled the latest BlueNoroff APT activity through two highly targeted malicious campaigns ‘GhostCall’ and ‘GhostHire’. The ongoing operations have been targeting Web3 and cryptocurrency organizations across India, Turkiye, Australia and other countries in Europe and Asia since at least April 2025. BlueNoroff, a subdivision of the notorious Lazarus group, continues to expand its signature ‘SnatchCrypto’ campaign, a financially motivated operation which targets crypto industries worldwide. The newly described GhostCall and GhostHire campaigns employ new infiltration techniques and customized malware to compromise…

Riyadh: TECHz – Ashraf Gaber BMC Helix, a global leader in software solutions that enable IT organizations to transform artificial intelligence into practical applications, is hosting a customer and partner tour today at the InterContinental Riyadh. The event highlights the company’s latest AI-driven innovations—including generative AI and agentic AI, and their role in reshaping IT service and operations management across industries. Senior executives and experts from BMC Helix will share insights on technology trends, product development roadmaps, and customer success stories, illustrating how AI is redefining the future of IT worldwide. The Riyadh stop of the BMC Helix Tour brings…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Egypt has officially signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime during a conference hosted in Hanoi, Vietnam. The signing was carried out by Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, who led Egypt’s high-level delegation at the event. The ceremony was attended by President of Vietnam Luong Cuong, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly, Egypt’s Ambassador to Vietnam Hany Mostafa, and representatives from over 60 participating countries. The UN Convention against Cybercrime represents the first comprehensive international legal framework designed to address cyberthreats and transnational crimes in the digital realm.…

Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Anthropic has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud, revealing plans to scale up its use of Google’s advanced Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to as many as one million units. The multibillion-dollar initiative, valued at tens of billions of dollars, is expected to bring over one gigawatt of computing capacity online by 2026. This expansion marks one of the largest investments in AI infrastructure to date and will significantly boost Anthropic’s ability to conduct cutting-edge research, enhance its AI models, and meet growing customer demand. The decision builds on a longstanding relationship…