AIS Business said on Thursday that it has launched what it says it Thailand’s first locally-based hyperscale cloud service using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support AI workloads for public and private organizations.
Telecoms tower company IHS South Africa announced on Thursday it has kicked off an initiative with non-profit organization Project Isizwe in KwaMashu, Durban to provide free, uncapped public Wi-Fi for local residents, students, job seekers and entrepreneurs.
Rakuten Symphony and Tejas Networks announced on Thursday they have formed a multi-faceted strategic partnership to develop integrated Open RAN solutions and engage in joint marketing efforts to sell them both in India and internationally.
iXAfrica Data Centres, which owns and operates East Africa’s first hyperscale, AI-ready data centre, in Kenya, and EdgeNext, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and edge computing services, say they have partnered to drive the next wave of digital infrastructure growth across the region.
As AI in particular drives more technology development, including data centre rollout in emerging markets, a new report is suggesting that some of the world’s best-known tech giants are emitting more while presenting climate targets that may be, at the very least, optimistic.
I&M Group PLC, a leading regional financial services group in Africa, has announced a partnership with ThetaRay, a company that harnesses the power of cognitive AI for financial crime compliance, enabling financial institutions to precisely identify legitimate customers while flagging bad actors.
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) announced on Wednesday it is expanding its partnership with Digital Realty into west Africa via a deal to establish its planned internet exchange point (IXP) for Ghana in Digital Realty’s upcoming data centre in Accra.
Nokia announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Philippine fibre broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions to deploy its data center fabric solution to future-proof Converge’s new data centres with AI and automation technology.
Huawei Cloud has unveiled the latest update of its Chinese-language large language models (LLMs) – Pangu Models 5.5 – with major upgrades across five capabilities that it says will enable transformative applications in industry sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and scientific research.
Could the US and West Africa soon enjoy a dedicated subsea link? It’s early days yet, but this week US lawmakers have passed legislation to at least examine the feasibility of building a subsea cable linking the US to Africa.