Author: Anita Bosman

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman The Digital Egypt Creativity Centers (Creativa), in cooperation with the MINT platform of the Egyptian Gulf Bank, has announced the launch of the CREATIVA x MINT Tech Hackathon, an initiative aimed at promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital transformation across Egypt. The hackathon is organized under the patronage of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and the Egyptian Gulf Bank, with technical support from Startup Factory. The event will run for three days across four key cities – Alexandria, Ismailia, Tanta, and Mansoura – providing a platform for tech-driven startups and young innovators…

Johannesburg: TECHz News Desk – Anita Bosman OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser built entirely around its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT. The launch marks OpenAI’s official entry into the browser market, positioning Atlas not just as a web navigation tool, but as a next-generation “AI assistant browser” that can understand users’ intent, recall past context, and perform tasks across the web. At its core, Atlas integrates ChatGPT directly into the browsing experience, allowing users to ask questions, summarize content, and automate actions – all without switching tabs or copying and pasting. OpenAI describes the product as a major…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman Cloudflare Inc., the leading connectivity cloud company, announced that it is working with the world’s largest payments companies to create an authentication layer for agentic commerce. This industry-wide collaboration leverages the Web Bot Auth protocol, enabling AI agents to shop at millions of merchants globally. Cloudflare and Visa have worked together to develop and introduce the Trusted Agent Protocol, a new protocol that enables payment networks to integrate Web Bot Auth and allows merchants to securely and transparently engage with the next generation of AI-driven shopping agents. Visa is incorporating these new protocols…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman Arab Financial Services (AFS), the leading innovator of digital payment solutions across the Middle East and Africa, is launching a strategic partnership with Reboot Coding Institute (Reboot01), Bahrain’s pioneering and Ministry of Labor–approved tech institute and talent accelerator. This significant collaboration is set to establish a robust talent pipeline, connecting educational excellence with practical, real-world experience in the dynamic FinTech sector. The partnership aims to accelerate career readiness through comprehensive, hands-on programs. Reboot01 students will also benefit from direct recruitment opportunities, structured internships, and collaborative events like hackathons, specialized tech talks, industry seminars,…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Swanepoel Akwa Ibom State will host the 4th Agribusiness Roundtable International Conference, a strategic gathering of policymakers, investors, researchers, and farmer cooperatives aimed at repositioning agriculture as a key driver of Nigeria’s economic growth. The event will focus on food security, climate-smart farming, and regenerative value chains, aligning with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Food Security Roadmap, the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and the Akwa Ibom Arise Agenda. A major highlight of the conference will be the unveiling of the Climate-Smart Village Programme (CSV-P) – an initiative by AgroGreen Dynamics Ltd. designed to promote sustainable…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman Telarix, a global leader in interconnect and settlement solutions, and Openmind Networks, an independent technology company specializing in mobile messaging software and services for the telecom industry, announced an expanded strategic partnership aimed at empowering international operators with next-generation, converged voice and messaging capabilities. The enhanced collaboration builds on more than two decades of innovation and customer success, as both companies have long supported the world’s largest operators in optimizing voice and messaging networks. As the industry advances toward RCS for Business and as challenges around rate management, origin-based routing, and traffic integrity…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman The GSMA – together with Airtel, the African Population for Health Research Center (APHRC), Awarri, Axian Telecom, Cassava Technologies, Ethio Telecom, Masakhane African Languages Hub, Lelapa AI, MTN, Orange, Pawa AI, Qhala, the World Sandbox Alliance and Vodacom – today announced a continent-wide collaboration to strengthen Africa’s AI ecosystem by developing inclusive African AI language models. The initiative aims to crowd in resources and expertise to address gaps in data, compute, talent and policy, ensuring African languages, cultures and knowledge are fully represented in the global digital future. Under the shared ambition “AI…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman TabSense, founded in 2024, is redefining how restaurants operate by introducing the first AI Agentic Point of Sale (PoS) – a system powered by intelligent AI agents that act like digital employees, helping restaurants and cafes scale efficiently without compromising quality or control. Unlike traditional PoS systems that only record transactions, TabSense’s platform uses autonomous AI agents that streamline operations, optimize menus, automate management tasks, and provide actionable insights in real time. The company currently serves multi-branch and franchise restaurants and cafes across Saudi Arabia and Jordan, with plans to expand regionally and…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman Systems Limited – Middle East & Africa (Techvista Systems), a leading global system integrator company, announced its strategic partnership with UiPath, a global leader in agentic automation. This partnership enables Systems Limited – Middle East & Africa (Techvista Systems) to leverage agentic automation solutions provided by the UiPath Platform to help organizations transform operations and achieve measurable outcomes through intelligent, adaptive, and self-orchestrating automation ecosystems. By combining our enterprise transformation expertise with UiPath’s advanced automation capabilities, the partnership aims to redefine efficiency, compliance, and business agility. The partnership will focus on enabling large-scale,…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman The Minister of Transport, Eng. Marciano Silva Barbeiro, presided over the official handover ceremony of new equipment to the Driving Examination Room of the Directorate-General of Travel and Land Transport (DGVTT) on Monday. The ceremony was attended by Eng. Malam Banjal, the World Bank representative and UGP-CN Project Coordinator, Mr. Jaimentino Co, the Director-General of DGVTT, as well as other senior officials from the Ministry of Transport and the DGVTT. During his address, Minister Marciano Silva Barbeiro highlighted that this delivery represents “a concrete step in the modernization of transport services and in…