Author: Anita Bosman
Maseru: TECHz – News Desk In a significant move to deepen financial inclusion, VCL Financial Services, the operator of M-Pesa in Lesotho, has officially launched Tsetela, a new mobile-based investment solution designed to place formal investing within the reach of more Basotho. Developed in partnership with STANLIB Lesotho, Tsetela (which translates to “to invest”) extends the utility of M-Pesa beyond everyday transactions into everyday wealth-building by allowing customers to invest directly from their mobile wallets. Historically, formal investment channels in Lesotho have excluded many citizens due to strict bank account requirements and high minimum investment thresholds, which in some cases…
Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Enterprise digital asset infrastructure platform Cregis has officially announced its expansion into the African market. This move represents the latest milestone in the company’s global growth strategy, following successful deployments across the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. The expansion comes at a time when Africa is establishing itself as one of the world’s fastest-growing digital asset markets. According to data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, Sub-Saharan Africa recorded more than $205 billion in on-chain transaction value between July 2024 and June 2025. This represents a 52% year-on-year increase, highlighting the accelerating adoption of…
Manama: TECHz – News Desk The Kingdom of Bahrain is accelerating its transition to a cashless economy with the formal expansion of alternative payments provider Pay10 (Payten B.S.C.), headquartered at the Bahrain Financial Harbour in Manama. This move positions the company as a key player in the Gulf region’s rapidly growing digital payments ecosystem, providing a regulated framework to streamline everyday transactions. The expansion builds on the April 2026 rollout of two dedicated mobile platforms: the Pay10 Bahrain App for consumers and the Pay10 Biz Bahrain App for merchants. For consumers, the platform offers a unified, secure digital experience. Users…
Alatau City: TECHz Magazine – News Desk Kazakhstan has successfully conducted Central Asia’s first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) demonstration flight in Alatau City. The V2000 Prosperity model, developed by Chinese manufacturer AutoFlight, completed a 10-minute unmanned test flight monitored from ground control. This landmark event, spearheaded by the Alatau Advanced Air Group (AAAG) in collaboration with international partners, positions Kazakhstan at the forefront of the emerging urban air mobility sector. The push for urban air mobility is backed by substantial investments, with approximately €260 million projected for the development of infrastructure in Alatau City. The first vertiport is…
Gqeberha (Nelson Mandela Bay): TECHz -News Desk Access to practical science education remains a critical hurdle in South Africa. According to the National Education Infrastructure Management System Standard Report, only about 18% of ordinary public schools across the country possess fully equipped science laboratories. To bridge this infrastructural gap, corporate partnerships and educational trusts are deploying mobile science laboratories to bring hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning directly to disadvantaged communities. Mobile labs offer a cost-effective and highly scalable solution for rural and peri-urban schools. By traveling daily between multiple schools, these units maximize the reach of specialized…
Abu Dhabi: TECHz – News Desk In a major milestone for regional telecommunications, e& UAE has successfully activated ultra-high 1024QAM modulation on its live, commercial 5.5G network. This groundbreaking deployment establishes e& UAE as the first operator in the region to achieve this technical capability, recording multi-gigabit speeds of up to 4.58 Gbps. The successful demonstration of this next-generation connectivity was conducted using the newly launched Huawei Pura 90’s smartphone, highlighting the crucial synergy between advanced network infrastructure and consumer hardware. Higher-order modulation schemes like 1024QAM allow networks to transmit significantly more data within the same frequency bandwidth. By maximizing…
Cairo: TECHz – News Desk Fortinet has officially joined the third edition of Egypt’s Cybersecurity Superhero Academy as a primary technology partner, supporting a nationwide initiative to cultivate a new generation of digital defenders. Led by the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), the 2026 program aims to equip more than 6,000 participants with essential cybersecurity and digital safety skills. The Cybersecurity Superhero Academy currently stands as one of Egypt’s largest national initiatives for digital awareness and youth capacity building. According to program expectations, the 2026 intake will equal the…
London: TECHz – News Desk Airtel Africa has reported a strong start to its 2026/27 financial year, posting double-digit revenue and profit growth for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The robust performance was driven by surging data usage, accelerated smartphone adoption, and the continued expansion of its Airtel Money platform. For the first quarter, Airtel Africa saw its consolidated revenue jump by 31.0% to $1,853 million in reported currency. On a constant currency basis, revenue grew by 21.1%, supported by double-digit growth across all business segments and macroeconomic tailwinds that supported currency appreciation. Constant currency EBITDA increased by 24.4%,…
Victoria: TECHz – News Desk Seychelles-based fintech Fusepay has officially launched Fuse360 in Victoria, an AI-native management platform engineered for wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers in frontier markets. The system eliminates the bottleneck of disconnected daily workflows by centralizing inventory, invoicing, collections, and retailer relationships into one dashboard that integrates seamlessly with FusePay’s licensed digital payments infrastructure. To free up human teams for business growth, Fuse360 deploys specialized AI agents to automate administrative tasks like payment reconciliation and dynamic reporting. It incorporates AI credit intelligence to analyze historical transactions for secure lending decisions, built-in KYC/KYB compliance tools for risk assessment, and…
Maseru: TECHz -News Desk In a major step toward digitizing education and improving student outcomes, UNICEF Lesotho and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) have partnered with the Ministry of Education and Training to roll out a new Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Dashboard and Scorecards system. Designed to replace fragmented, paper-based reporting, this digital platform will monitor early learning performance and ensure that no student falls through the cracks. The new dashboard focuses exclusively on the critical early years of schooling, tracking the academic performance of learners in Grades 1 through 3. It evaluates student progress across four core areas:…