The leading Modernization Engineering company Sonata Software has announced that it has signed an agreement with Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), a leading network service provider powering global connectivity for new media providers, telecom carriers and enterprises. Sonata's investments in Cloud, Data and Generative AI technologies made Sonata the partner of...

By Francois Giudice, Bureau Chief, France A committed multi-service operator, Orange has signed a strategic partnership with the startup Koolboks to provide freezing and refrigeration solutions in 12 African countries. The solution will be distributed through the Orange Energies offer which was launched five years ago with the ambition of...

…Donates School Essentials To Secondary Schools In Lagos State  By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Bureau Chief, South West In another display of its commitment to supporting the ‘Girl-Child Education Project’, a critical pillar of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework, Polaris Bank, in partnership with Evolve Charity, a non-profit organization, has...

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia At a ceremony attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday, October 19, 2023, on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing, China, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and new Chinese partners signed three...

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent The Government of Rwanda and SoftBank Corp. have announced that on September 24, 2023, they successfully tested SoftBank’s proprietary 5G communications payload in the stratosphere installed on a solar-powered High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype. The demonstration, conducted for HAPS...

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia Mastercard has collaborated with Zywa, the payments app in the Midde East and North Africa (MENA) that is exclusively tailored for Gen Z, to host a financial literacy roadshow at some of the prestigious universities and schools across the UAE. The unique partnership will...

AED 250,000 Grant Offered To UAE’s Most Promising Startup By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia A leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, Aramex, and  a global technology company in the payments industry, Mastercard have announced a partnership to launch the inaugural edition of a new platform called...

By Nyima Sillah The Director-General of the Gambia Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), Yusupha M. Jobe, has stressed that PURA and partners aspire to invigorate the growth and performance of the ICT sector by calibrating it as a catalyst for the socio-economic progress of The Gambia and beyond. PURA and Policy...

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondents Vodafone has announced plans to fast-track the development of new platforms for Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN) using the Arm® architecture to meet growing customer demand for faster, greener mobile connectivity. This next generation of platforms featuring high-performance Arm-based processors are optimised for...

By Chloe Emanuel A joint venture of Equinor and Polenergia is building the offshore wind farms Baltyk II and Baltyk III off the coast of Poland. Jan De Nul will transport, install, and bury the four export cables with a combined length of 256 kilometres. Hellenic Cables is responsible for...