Author: Charissa Swanepoel
Yaoundé: TECHzMagazine – News Desk The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has officially launched SYSTAC 2, an advanced electronic clearing house designed to overhaul the retail payments infrastructure across the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). Initiated in 2023 and developed over a four-year period, the new centralized system officially went live on August 3, 2026, with BEAC Governor Yvon SANA BANGUI formally announcing its debut from Yaoundé, Cameroon, on August 12. SYSTAC 2 replaces a legacy clearing platform operational since 2007, which had reached its limits amidst rapid technological innovation and market growth. Serving Cameroon, the…
Abuja: TECHzMagazine – News Desk The Federal Government of Nigeria has soft-launched the Government Service Portal (GSP), an integrated digital platform designed to provide citizens and businesses with a single gateway to public services. Available at services.gov.ng, the portal aims to streamline digital governance, eliminate bureaucratic friction, and modernise service delivery across the country. Unveiled in Abuja by Galaxy Backbone (GBB) – the national digital infrastructure enterprise – in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the initiative addresses the challenge of fragmented public services. Previously, citizens had…
Abuja: TECHz – News Desk The Government of Sierra Leone, through its Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation, is advancing its national Digital Public Infrastructure agenda through strategic open-source partnerships. The initiative establishes a sovereign, privacy-focused digital identity platform designed to streamline public service delivery, expand financial inclusion, and accelerate digital governance. Central to this strategy is a tripartite agreement between the ministry, Bhutan National Digital Identity Limited, and the SIGN Foundation. Under this framework, the ministry provides regulatory leadership, Bhutan NDI supplies its decentralized public key infrastructure blueprints, and the SIGN Foundation leads system architecture and technical deployment. Complementing…
Abu Dhabi: TECHz Magazine – News Desk VAP Group today announced the Global Trading Show from 15-16 December 2026 at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. Powered by Times Of Trading, the event brings together the full spectrum of the trading world, including the most influential 5,000+ market movers together such as ultra-HNW investors, brokers, regulators, exchanges, institutional desks, high-volume traders, influencers and leading financial key opinion leaders, all under one roof at one of the region’s most prestigious venues. Until now, the region’s trading events have focused on individual markets, while the Global Trading Show unites every asset class, trading technologies,…