By Josephine Akaerr, Special Correspondent GE Healthcare has  announced a partnership with the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo to deliver mobile X-ray units and ECG machines to help efforts to fight COVID-19. The essential medical equipment will play an important role in supporting the diagnosis and...

By Francois Giudice, Correspondent France Orange, Sierra Wireless, LACROIX, and STMicroelectronics  Monday announced  the creation of the IoT Continuum – a partnership that aims to simplify and accelerate the mass deployment of IoT in Europe and beyond. By bringing together for the first time expertise across the entire IoT industry...

By Jonathan Easton Telefónica Spain has announced a partnership with Harmonic to deploy its VOS360 cloud streaming platform. Deployed for Movistar+, VOS360 provides the streamer with reliable disaster recovery by replicating Telefónica Spain’s infrastructure in the cloud. Harmonic said that an advanced DevOps team serves to ensure that services are...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region Thursday, the Resilience and Social Development Department (RSD), Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) and Programme strategic partner (UNDP) had celebrated its closing ceremony in Kazakhstan, an important journey of finalizing the crowdfunding academy training, partnership with the ultimate...

By Celestine Okorie, Correspondent South Africa The US Embassy in South Africa and the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) are once again partnering to implement the 2021 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) South Africa programme. Currently in its third year, another 125 participants will be selected nationwide for...

By Celestine Okorie, Correspondent South Africa The Facebook Journalism Project has partnered with Reuters to launch a free online training programme for Journalists, called the Reuters Digital Journalism Course (https://bit.ly/3qlA8R1). The Project works with publishers around the world to strengthen the connection between journalists and the communities they serve. Its...

Intel Corp on Monday said it will work with India's Reliance Jio to develop 5G networking technology. Intel's venture capital unit last year invested US$250 million in Reliance Industries Ltd's Jio Platforms unit, saying the two companies would find areas of technology partnership. On Monday, Intel said it will work...

The Minister of Petroleum and Energy, PETROSEN and Cos-Petrogaz held high level talks with the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) leadership to discuss the sector’s promotion and competitiveness, the national gas strategy and the energy transition; Senegal is pioneering a diversified energy mix that prioritizes the co-development of natural gas and...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region The establishment of the North American Camel Ranches Owners Association (NACROA) is an important step in the development of the camel sector, founder and president of the International Camel Organization (ICO), Sheikh Fahd Hithleen said on Thursday. NACROA aims to support and promote the...

By Nojeed Gandour, Correspondent Egypt In its newest chapter in Egypt, the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, launched the “SheTrades” initiative in Egypt, which is implemented by the International Trade Center (ITC) within the framework of the Aid for Trade Initiative...