Busha has partnered with Mastercard to introduce Mastercard Crypto Credential to its users, aiming to simplify how supported digital assets are sent and received. Through the integration, Busha users can transfer supported digital assets using unique Mastercard Crypto Credential aliases linked to verified email addresses or phone numbers. This provides an alternative to traditional blockchain…
Senegal Explores Deeper Wave Senegal Partnership to Advance Digital Public Services Senegal is exploring deeper collaboration with fintech company Wave Senegal as the government works to accelerate the digitalisation of public services and strengthen the country’s digital economy. The discussions took place on September 10, 2026, during a visit to Wave Senegal by Samba Diouf…
Mastercard is expanding the next phase of its Built Small. Moving Strong. platform, introducing new partnerships, research and practical resources designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) navigate changing market conditions and strengthen their businesses. The expansion comes alongside Mastercard’s sponsorship of Money20/20 Middle East, where the company is bringing together financial institutions, governments,…
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has held discussions with Google’s global civic responsibility leadership on the role of artificial intelligence in electoral processes. INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, met with Google Global Lead for Civic Responsibility David J. Lopez on September 11, 2026, in Ottawa, Canada. The meeting took place on the…
Submer and Edgecore Networks have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore AI-ready data centre infrastructure opportunities across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META). The strategic collaboration brings together complementary capabilities across critical layers of the AI infrastructure stack. Submer provides advisory and consultancy, data centre design and build, IT integration, power infrastructure…
Safaricom Business and Vodacom are exploring new partnerships and opportunities to strengthen digital infrastructure and cross-border connectivity across Africa. The companies held a series of strategic meetings with stakeholders in the digital infrastructure ecosystem during ITW Africa 2026, focusing on opportunities to expand their capabilities and create long-term value through industry partnerships. The discussions centred…
Gabon is advancing plans to strengthen and develop its national digital backbone through a proposed public-private partnership between the Société de Patrimoine des Infrastructures Numériques (SPIN) and Gabon Fiber. Review and validation workshops for the proposed partnership were held in Libreville on September 9 and 10, bringing together government administrations, relevant authorities and technical experts…
Cloudera and Mistral have announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping enterprises build, customise and deploy secure, sovereign artificial intelligence directly alongside their private data. The collaboration combines Cloudera’s hybrid data and AI platform with Mistral’s sovereign AI models, giving organisations greater flexibility to run AI across public cloud, private cloud, on-premises, edge, sovereign and…
