South African streaming platform provider MultiChoice Group, Israeli payment platform provider Rapyd and American venture capital firm General Catalyst have announced a joint venture aimed at developing an integrated payment platform for Africa with an aim to kill cash on the continent.



The next version of Pega Infinity will include a set of AI-powered functions to simplify application development, assist with copywriting to appeal to particular customer groups, summarise meeting or customer service message transcripts, improve chatbot training, and generating test data, among other activities.

Macquarie University has played a part in achieving a record optical fibre transmission speed of 1.7Pbps

British telco giant BT announced it has launched what it calls the UK market’s first 5G-enabled interactive simulation experience for business and public sector customers.

Nokia phone maker HBD Global has launched two new 2660 flip phones in pop pink and lush green.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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