Yango Tech, a B2B tech firm, is locking down deals with ten new international partners. They are specifically naming ROOTS, a food and retail company, and Grand Hypermarkets as two of those partners. Their automation tech for online grocery is going into nearly a hundred Grand Hypermarket stores across several countries, like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
This push into the Middle East fits with the area's bigger goals for AI and digital stuff. The region expects a massive economic bump from artificial intelligence soon. A young, tech-comfortable population there helps companies actually roll this tech out.
The company says its platform will handle millions of orders this year. Their plans involve moving deeper into healthcare...
Tech Mahindra is partnering with Google Cloud to push businesses into using more advanced AI agents. The deal focuses on implementing Google's latest Gemini Enterprise models to help companies build specialized, automated AI assistants. They plan to combine Tech Mahindra's consulting and engineering framework with Google's AI platform and data tools.
The consulting firm's approach, which they call AI Delivered Right, is built around making AI adoption practical and governed. They have set up dedicated teams and pre-built solutions to speed up deployment. The partnership aims to let enterprises use these connected, reasoning AI agents to get faster and more targeted business results.
Ooredoo Kuwait says it's making its networks basically run themselves, aiming for a high level of automation they call Autonomous Network Level 4. This means using AI to predict problems, fix issues automatically, and optimize energy use without much human input. They already got some international certifications for their work on radio network faults and cutting power consumption.
Their plan rolls out in two main phases. The first push, running through 2030, focuses on getting this self-governing tech working for the most important network tasks. A later phase will expand the automation to more complex situations using even more advanced AI systems. They claim efforts completed last year, like using digital twin tech for maintenance...
A Saudi telecom giant's infrastructure arm, center3, is partnering with an AI firm called HUMAIN to build advanced data centers for AI in the kingdom. Their new joint venture aims to create facilities that can handle up to one gigawatt of AI computing power. The goal is to combine expertise in data centers with full-stack AI capabilities to support large language models and other demanding applications.
Executives from both companies stated that the infrastructure needs to be purpose-built for scale and efficiency. They claim this move will help meet surging regional demand for high-capacity, low-latency AI hosting. The partnership is framed as a step toward strengthening Saudi Arabia's digital ecosystem and its capacity for...
An Egyptian fintech company named Valu is teaming up with Infinity, a big renewable energy and EV charging firm, to help people finance electric car stuff. The deal, announced at a recent electric vehicle expo, lets customers use flexible payment plans to buy home chargers and pay for public charging sessions. Infinity runs the largest charging network in the country with over two hundred fifty stations.
The partnership offers zero-interest loans with no down payment for home chargers over six months. People can also pay later for public charging through an app, with a chance to get some cashback. Valu is even running a contest where the biggest spender at the event could win a trip to a World Cup soccer match. Company leaders from...
A Turkish tech firm called KocDigital is pushing harder into the Middle East and North Africa. They were a big presence at a major industrial tech event in Saudi Arabia, showing off their AI-powered factory software. The company also officially joined a major Saudi government initiative aiming to modernize thousands of local factories.
KocDigital announced new partnership deals with a Saudi telecom provider and a local consulting firm during the event. Their booth drew visits from high-level officials, including Turkey's ambassador and a Saudi assistant deputy minister. The company participated in a panel discussion, promoting their scalable digital platforms and giving live demos of their main Industry 4.0 software suite. Their stated...
A new survey from Mastercard shows that UAE holiday shoppers care mostly about getting the best deal. Most people are buying through multiple methods, and a growing number are using AI tools to help them shop. The report says shoppers are now more strategic, starting their buying early and doing lots of research to compare prices.
Physical stores are still the top choice, followed by big online marketplaces. Thrift shopping and buying through social media are also popular trends. About sixty-one percent of those surveyed already regularly use AI for holiday purchases, with many trusting its recommendations for finding unique gifts or better prices. Shoppers' overall report feeling excited about the season, often buying gifts for...
ArabSat cut a deal with a company called ADMC to help sell its satellite TV and internet services across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe. The agreement was signed by Arabsat's CEO, Dr. Badr Alsuwaidan, and ADMC's General Manager, Ayman Zeibak.
ADMC will now act as a reseller, promoting Arabsat's broadcast and connectivity products to a wider range of broadcasters and businesses in the region. Both companies say this move is a key part of their plans to grow their market presence. The idea is to combine their expertise to meet the rising demand for reliable media distribution and communication links.
Intel's next desktop CPU generation, Nova Lake, is reportedly packing massive core counts and a huge new cache to try and win back gamers. The flagship models, likely branded Core Ultra 9, could have up to fifty-two total cores and a colossal two hundred eighty-eight megabytes of combined cache using a new big cache design. Lower-tier Core Ultra 7 chips might max out at twenty-eight cores with one hundred forty four megabytes of cache.
These chips are expected to use a new motherboard socket, dubbed LGA 1954, with rumors that Intel wants to support it for more than just one or two generations to compete with AMD's platform longevity. The launch is slated for the second half of 2026. This push follows Intel's recent struggles with...
