Webb Fontaine announced on Thursday, during the 15th Public Finance Review Meeting in Cotonou, that it has made remarkable progress in Benin’s customs digitisation initiative. The project is designed to modernise customs operations, improve revenue collection, and ensure smoother trade processes across the country. Read also: RiseUp AI Summit 2025: Tech innovators converge in Egypt […]

The European Space Agency said on Friday that the first-ever astronaut with a physical impairment has been approved for a mission aboard the International Space Station. A 43-year-old British surgeon and former Paralympian named John McFall, who lost a leg in a motorbike accident when he was 19, expressed his pride in overcoming the obstacle. […]

Global payment processor Mastercard on Thursday launched TRACE (Trace Financial Crime) in the Philippines, making the country the second market after the UK to offer the cutting-edge crime-prevention technology globally, which has been integrated into the Real-Time Payment (RTP) network. The initiative is in partnership with the local interbank network BancNet (the switch operator of […]

In a stride toward technological innovation, Zain Kuwait, a leading technology innovator in Kuwait, and Parallel Wireless, a frontrunner in Open RAN hardware-agnostic solutions, announced on Wednesday the successful completion of a groundbreaking 5G Standalone (SA) Proof of Concept (POC).  This achievement underscores Zain’s commitment to technological advancement and strengthens Kuwait’s position as a global […]

On Tuesday, Ethio Telecom launched a new ultra-fast EV charging station on both sides of the Bole to Megenagna route in Addis Ababa, marking a daring move in Ethiopia’s expanding EV ecosystem. According to Ethio Telecom’s statement released on Tuesday, its mission as a premier provider of digital solutions and its tagline, “Bringing New Possibilities,” […]

Qualcomm Technologies and Aramco Digital, Aramco’s digital and technology business, are developing the first AI-enabled industrial 5G smartphone with 450MHz spectrum support. The announcement was made on Monday at LEAP 2025. Read also: ToumAI lands €1 million pre-seed capital to enhance global customer experience Enhancing connectivity for industrial applications The Qualcomm QCM8550 and QCM6490 processors […]

The Beninese government seeks to increase digital inclusion and enhance internet connectivity in underserved areas by utilising Starlink’s space technology. On Wednesday, February 5, officials of Elon Musk’s American business SpaceX, which runs the satellite internet service provider, Starlink, met with Minister of State for Economy and Finance Romuald Wadagni to discuss three areas of […]

As part of a major effort to redefine household chores, Meta has started a groundbreaking program called PARTNR (Partnership for Advancing Robotics and Task Naturalisation Research). This program explores the intricacies of human-robot interaction (HRI), specifically routine housework tasks. The objective is to imagine and engineer a future in which humans and robots work together […]

The Republic of Congo and Kazakhstan signed an investment agreement on Tuesday, February 4, to develop and deploy a high-resolution earth remote sensing space system. The signing ceremony took place at Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations, and Aerospace Industry, with a Congolese delegation and representatives from JSC NC Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary, the company in […]

Smpl Fund I, a $10 million venture capital fund launched by Smpl Holdings in Abu Dhabi, has invested $250,000 strategically in multiple AI and technology companies within the Qora71 portfolio. This investment, announced on Wednesday, reinforces the fund’s commitment to supporting AI innovation and strengthening the MENA region’s tech ecosystem. Read also: FEC approves National […]

Chinese tech giant ByteDance has developed a new AI system to turn a single photo into a video of a person talking, singing, and moving naturally. The new technology, OmniHuman-1, was announced on Wednesday and is the next step in AI-generated media. It goes beyond past models that could only move faces or upper bodies. […]

Neuralk-AI is making significant strides in the AI landscape by focusing on what many consider the backbone of enterprise data management: structured data. While unstructured data has dominated AI research with the advent of large language models (LLMs), Neuralk-AI’s approach stands out by focusing on more traditionally formatted data, such as SQL databases, spreadsheets, and […]

Senegal’s “New technological deal” initiative to transform its digital sector by 2034 has received support from the French telecom company, Orange. During a meeting with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday, January 30, Christel Heydemann, CEO of French telecom company Orange, reaffirmed the company’s support for the “New Technology Deal.” The program aims to […]