By Godson Umejiego, Bureau Chief, The Americas The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and international cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, published a joint guide, The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps:...

By Angeline Mgbele, Bureau Chief, North The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is set to collaborate with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) by co-creating robust regulatory frameworks in implementing government policies aimed at digitally transforming the country and sustaining a vibrant digital economy. The disclosure was made known by...

By Oystein Bergmann, Bureau Chief, Scandinavia Nokia and BT Group  have announced an agreement to develop new 5G network monetization opportunities through Nokia’s Network as Code platform with developer portal (platform) and BT Group’s cloud-native network. BT Group, which operates EE – the UK’s best mobile network1 – is, like...

By Vaughan O'Grady A subsidiary of Safaricom Ethiopia, Safaricom M-Pesa Mobile Financial Services and Ethiopian payment solution provider Chapa Financial Technologies Share Company have entered into a partnership agreement to provide M-Pesa services for entrepreneurs, businesses and government services on Chapa’s payment aggregator platform. This partnership, say the companies, aims...

By Oystein Bergmann, Bureau Chief, Scandinavia stc and Nokia will provide Digital Operations’ Orchestration software with capabilities to personalize and create new services on-demand to meet unique performance demands across the operator’s multi-vendor network Deal further expands stc and Nokia partnership Nokia today announced that its Digital Operations’ Orchestration software...

By Nigina Mirbabaeva The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced a partnership to explore advancing coal phaseout and capital mobilisation for the clean energy transition across the Western Balkans and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) regions. Together, the EBRD and Bloomberg Philanthropies will...

By Vanora Bennett At COP28, partners and donors involved in the Blue Mediterranean Partnership reinforced their support for developing the sustainable blue economy in the southern Mediterranean region. The parties involved signed a letter of intent to make their participation in the Partnership official and to make the Partnership operational...

By Vanora Bennett The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) are partnering to boost private-sector climate finance via the Climate Syndication Platform (CSP) in eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Türkiye, the southern and eastern Mediterranean and Central Asia.  The CSP...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Bureau Chief, South West A leading digital infrastructure company based in Nigeria, Pan African Towers (PAT), has announced a strategic investment from Development Partners International (DPI), a premier investment firm focused on Africa, and Verod Capital (Verod), one of the continent’s leading investment management firms. DPI...

By Godson Umejiego, Bureau Chief, The Americas & Angeline Mgbele, Bureau Chief, North A leading private markets asset manager, Z Capital Group (ZCG) and the manager of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) have announced a joint venture partnership to establish a fund focused on infrastructure investments in...