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The collaboration will be spearheaded through one of SC Ventures’ portfolio companies, Project Hal, which will be a B2B SME focused platform, headquartered in the UAE. SC Ventures  by Standard Chartered, which builds and invests in breakthrough ventures in and beyond banking, has signed an MOU to collaborate with Microsoft  to enable digital commerce and financing for SMEs, through exploring the co-creation of AI and cloud-based solutions. The collaboration will be spearheaded through one of SC Ventures’ portfolio companies, Project Hal, which will be a B2B SME focused platform, headquartered in the UAE. SMEs are a significant force in the…

A month ago, Realme and Ricoh announced the latest partnership between an aspiring smartphone brand and an iconic camera brand. And the first product co-developed by them is already here, the Realme GT 8 Pro. However, this is just the start of a 4-year journey. The Ricoh GR brand is in focus – this is a series used by famous street photographer Daido Moriyama among others. It started as a film camera brand, then came digital models and now it adorns a smartphone. The Realme GT 8 Pro and a Ricoh GR camera The Realme GT 8…

Hearing all this, I started to wonder: Was the AI employee age upon us already? And even, could I be the proprietor of Altman’s one-man unicorn? As it happens, I had some experience with agents, having created a bunch of AI agent voice clones of myself for the first season of my podcast, Shell Game.I also have an entrepreneurial history, having once been the cofounder and CEO of the media and tech startup Atavist, backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors. The eponymous magazine we created is still thriving today. I…

Looks like T-Mobile’s T-Life app is having another rough day – some users can’t even get in, while others say the app just refuses to load anything once they do.Users report login errors and frozen screensThe T-Life app, which basically handles everything tied to your T-Mobile account, seems to be acting up. According to multiple reports, users are getting a “Network Error” message when trying to open it – and even if they manage to log in, nothing really works after that.And what’s even more odd is that biometric login fails, but password login still works… sort of.…I was trying…

M-PESA sustained its double-digit growth trajectory, expanding its user base to 37.9 million monthly active customers. Safaricom PLC  has reported strong financial results for the half year ended September 2025, driven by continued growth in M-PESA, which remains at the core of the company’s revenue and innovation strategy. Service revenue in Kenya grew by 9.3% to KSh. 194.0 billion, with M-PESA contributing 45.4% or KSh. 88.1 billion of that total. M-PESA sustained its double-digit growth trajectory, expanding its user base to 37.9 million monthly active customers. Transactions during the six-month period rose to 21.9 billion, with a total transaction value…

Here we go again – the newly-launched Honor Magic8 Pro will have different battery capacities in different regions. We just got a confirmation first-hand that the version sold in the EU will get a noticeable reduction in battery size, but that’s not the whole story either. Honor Magic8 Pro The Magic8 Pro is already available in China and locals enjoy a large 7,200mAh Si/C battery. However, the upcoming global variant will have a capacity of 7,100mAh instead. That is less than a 2% difference and is not something that you are likely to notice. But Europeans…

This collaboration comes as part of a shared vision to accelerate the transition towards intelligent systems within Egyptian households and to provide a more secure, convenient and comfortable living experience powered by the latest global innovations in this field. NexGen,  a leading provider of smart home technology solutions in the Egyptian market, announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Panasonic,  becoming the leading provider of Panasonic’s smart home solutions in the Arab Republic of Egypt. This collaboration comes as part of a shared vision to accelerate the transition towards intelligent systems within Egyptian households and to provide a…

Memory Frame by Gadget Flow | Key Features, Price & Alternatives HomeGadgets for SeniorsMemory Frame by Gadget Flow Gadget Flow Editors It’s our first product from Gadget Flow and trust me; this is the most convenient way you can make your picture frame look alive!Editor’s QuoteMemory Frame by Gadget FlowMemory Frame is a friendly 10.1-inch digital photo frame that receives photos and short videos from iPhone and Android over Wi‑Fi, with no subscription required.Wi‑Fi sharing: Send photos and short videos from anywhere to the frame, and invite unlimited family and friends with a simple friend code so content keeps arriving.Local…

The Honor 500 series is expected to debut in China soon, and the first live images of one of the variants surfaced online yesterday. Now, the company has officially teased the upcoming phones. In an image shared on Weibo, the Chinese smartphone maker teased the launch of the Honor 500 and 500 Pro. While it did not reveal a launch date, the teaser image does somewhat reveal the rear design of the phones. The image confirms that both models in the Honor 500 series will sport a slim design. A new button can be seen on the side, which is…

The move marks a crucial step toward enabling instant, low-cost cross-border money transfers for citizens and businesses across the region. In an innovative move set to revolutionise how people send and spend money across East Africa, Rwanda and Tanzania have commenced bi-lateral discussions on technical modalities to link their national retail payment systems switches. The move marks a crucial step toward enabling instant, low-cost cross-border money transfers for citizens and businesses across the region. This landmark initiative, which moved into its technical implementation phase at an ongoing high-level meeting in Kigali, will connect Tanzania’s Instant Payment System (TIPS) with Rwanda’s…