Microsoft and Flutterwave Join Forces for African Payment Innovation
Microsoft has announced a five-year strategic technology partnership with Flutterwave. In this collaboration, Flutterwave aims to build its next-generation platform on Microsoft Azure, with the goal of accelerating payment innovation in Africa and, by extension, driving the growth of small businesses across the continent. SMEs Pivotal Role in Africa’s Progress
Read MoreUiPath Appoints Zakaria Haltout as Area Vice President for MEA Regions
UiPath, a prominent enterprise automation software company, has named Zakaria Haltout the Area Vice President for the Middle East and Africa regions. This strategic move aims to strengthen UiPath’s leadership capabilities in regions with significant potential for rapid adoption of automation and Artificial Intelligence, providing unparalleled support to UiPath’s customers
Read MoreCape Town Science Centre Partners Google to Train Girls on AI and Robotics
To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, Cape Town Science Centre partnered with Google to train South African girls aged 10 to 13 in AI and Robotics. Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM The primary goal of this initiative is to bridge the gender gap in STEM (Science,
Read MoreInfobip Debuts Experiences: A Game-Changer in Customer Interaction with ChatGPT
Global cloud communication platform Infobip has launched Experiences, a set of predefined GenAI-supported use cases aimed at empowering and enhancing business results for brands. This initiative begins in Brazil but will expand to other regions worldwide in the coming months, reflecting Brazil’s potential as an emerging economy. Infobip Experiences starts
Read MoreLakera launches to protect large language models from malicious prompts
Large language models (LLMs) are the driving force behind the burgeoning generative AI movement, capable of interpreting and creating human-language texts from simple prompts — this could be anything from summarizing a document to writing poem to answering a question using data from myriad sources. However, these prompts can also
Read MoreErgo’s Shopify app gives online retailers joy of bartering without the hassle
The startup is developing pricing software to give online retailers an easy way to clear out inventory and increase profits without having to put those items on sale.
Read MoreDidi’s autonomous vehicle arm raises $149M from state investors
When Didi created an autonomous vehicle subsidiary in 2020, the venture was seen as a Chinese counterpart to Uber’s AV unit. The tides of change have since swept across China’s tech landscape, where internet firms went through a wave of regulatory crackdown and foreign investments dwindled amid worsening U.S.-China relations.
Read MoreLegacy Tech vs Super Apps: Can Banks Keep up with Fintech Innovation?
The B2C consumer payments sector has witnessed significant disruption over the past five years as fintechs, neobanks, and big tech companies introduced innovative digital value propositions to the market. Apple and Google have become synonymous with digital wallets, while traditional issuers and payment networks have seen their brand prominence diminish
Read MoreEyeEm, the photo marketplace, changes hands as Freepik picks it up out of bankruptcy
EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo marketplace that once was loftily thought of as a possible challenger to Instagram in Europe but more recently has fallen on much harder times, has a new owner. Freepik — a Spain-based platform partly owned by EQT that provides images, graphics, and other media for designers
Read MoreCommvault and Lenovo Redefine Enterprise Data Recovery and Backup Solutions
Commvault has unveiled robust backup and recovery solutions for enterprises, powered by Lenovo technology. These solutions provide IT teams with unified data management, ensuring flexibility, reliability, superior performance at scale, cost-effectiveness, and quicker value realization. “Innovation through collaboration has always been at the heart of Commvault. Partnering with Lenovo propels
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