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IWD: FemTech continues to empower women on global scale

Every year, the role of women in tech becomes more supported, as more female entrepreneurs and C-level executives take the helm at an even larger rate than before. This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) is all about inclusivity, with the event’s website describing the theme #ChooseToChallenge as follows: “A challenged world is an alert world. […]

On IWD, Big Data Exchange kicks off a global celebration of women in technology

Big Data Exchange (BDx), a pan-Asian carrier-neutral data center cluster, is launching its #BDxTheGap challenge on International Women’s Day to honor women in technology. The company’s commitment to closing the gender gap in technology and data centers in the Asia Pacific region, where BDx operates data centers, and around the world will be highlighted during […]

South Africa bars WhatsApp from sharing private user data with Facebook

South Africa’s Information Regulator (IR) barred Facebook Inc. from sharing any information it collects from WhatsApp users in the country without prior authorization from the regulator, Reuters reported on Thursday. “WhatsApp cannot, without obtaining prior authorization from the IR, process any contact information of its users for a purpose other than the one for which […]

MTN faces rocky situation in Syria, hampering Middle East exit

South African operator MTN is facing a rocky situation in Syria, as the company was placed under a judicial guardianship following a court battle that went in favor of the country’s telecoms regulator. The Syrian Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority had previously accused the provider of mismanagement and violations of its licensing contract. According to […]

AI-enhanced measurements company acquired by MindMed

MindMed, an innovative psychedelic drug developer, has bought HealthMode, a machine-learning digital medicine company. MindMed, the psychedelic medicine biotech company, announced in a release that it closed its acquisition of HealthMode, a digital medicine and therapeutics startup that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled digital measurement to increase the precision and speed of clinical research and patient […]

Beeline Telecom to become 4th provider in Zambia

Beeline Telecom has become Zambia’s fourth provider earlier this week after receiving its license to commence mobile phone operations from the country’s ICT regulator ZICTA. Beeline, a Zambian wholly owned company, has been granted a period of 6 months to kick start its operations, unless determined by the authority, or the license will be revoked. […]