Author: Anita Bosman

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…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman The GSMA, in collaboration with six of Africa’s largest mobile operators – Airtel, Axian Telecom, Ethio Telecom, MTN, Orange, and Vodacom today proposed a groundbreaking baseline set of minimum requirements for an affordable entry-level 4G smartphone. The initiative, part of the GSMA Handset Affordability Coalition, is designed to accelerate digital inclusion across the continent by lowering the cost of smartphone ownership for millions who remain unconnected. Smartphone affordability remains the single largest barrier to mobile internet adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the GSMA’s State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2025 Report, more than…

Johannesburg: Techz News Desk – Anita Bosman Burkina Faso has officially inaugurated its first-ever virtual digital fair, Faso Digital, a groundbreaking event dedicated to showcasing the nation’s digital innovation and technological talent. The fair, launched on October 18, 2025, in Ouagadougou, takes place entirely online through an immersive and interactive platform developed by LeFaso.net, the pioneer of online media in the country. Under the theme “Innovating to Rebuild: Digital Technology at the Service of a Resilient Burkina Faso,” Faso Digital 2025 aims to strengthen the country’s digital ecosystem and highlight the creativity of Burkinabè innovators. Speaking at the opening, Dr.…