Manafa plans to turbocharge its growth in Saudi Arabia, and expand its offering with the launch of several products and financing solutions across untapped sectors Leading Saudi fintech company Manafa has announced the closing of its Series A round of SAR 106 million (US$28 million) led by STV and Wa’edRead More…

Cloudflare has announced a new Impact Initiative to provide Zero Trust security at no cost to small and medium critical infrastructure organizations around the world. This new program, named Project Safekeeping, aims to protect under-resourced organizations that provide a critical community benefit but are at high risk for cyberattacks, withRead More…

Zoom announced the next step in their platform evolution, the beta of new productivity tools: Zoom Mail and Calendar Clients and Zoom Mail and Calendar Services. These new products work together with the communication and collaboration offerings already available within Zoom Meetings, Phone, Whiteboard, and Team Chat. Now, teams canRead More…

Microsoft and The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) have launched ‘Build the Skills of the Future’ training programme focusing on cloud, data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This initiative comes as part of the MoU signed between both parties in May this year and in-line with The DigitalRead More…

Huawei’s Fiber to the Room (FTTR) solution won the Access Innovation Award, at the the 24th World Communication Awards (WCA) ceremony was held in London by Total Telecom. Huawei’s innovative FTTR solution, including FTTR for Home and FTTR for SME (small- and medium-sized enterprises), provides network services with ultra-high bandwidth,Read More…

Finastra today announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) collaboration with Microsoft to bring new lending options to thousands of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – a sector severely underserved when it comes to accessing finance. SMEs using Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be able to access and unlock vital financingRead More…