A $43 million Chinese grant is bankrolling both a government digitization overhaul and a major highway expansion project in Malawi.
China hands Malawi a hefty infrastructure grant
Ambassador Lu Xu awarded the USD 43 million grant during New Year celebrations.
Joseph Mathyola Mwanamvekha framed the funding as a major leap for the country.
Bilateral ties between Malawi and China keep deepening around infrastructure and digital cooperation.
Capital Hill digitization gets a funding lifeline
The grant backs former President Arthur Peter Mutharika's vision to digitize the government seat.
Modernizing public service systems and boosting ministry-level efficiency are the stated goals.
Improved service delivery across departments is the...
A freshly inaugurated 15-member council is tasked with dragging Zimbabwe's entire national library system into the digital age.
NLDS Council officially sworn in at Harare
Minister Torerayi Moyo led the inauguration ceremony at the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's Head Office.
Agnes Chikonzo from the University of Zimbabwe chairs the new council.
Innocent Chirisa, Vice Chancellor of Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, serves as deputy.
The 15-member body advises on policy, regulation, and strategic transformation of library services.
Vision 2030 drives the modernization push
Moyo tied the council's mandate directly to Zimbabwe's Vision 2030 and NDS2 frameworks.
Digital transformation and equitable knowledge access topped...
A jump to major subsidiary status puts MTN Ghana in elite company alongside only South Africa and Nigeria within the entire MTN Group portfolio.
MTN Ghana earns major subsidiary recognition
Group CEO Ralph Mupita officially elevated MTN Ghana to the third major subsidiary tier.
Only MTN South Africa and MTN Nigeria previously held that designation.
Mupita credited operational excellence and a strong growth trajectory for the promotion.
The MTN Group serves over 300 million customers across all its markets.
What this status change signals
Ghana's sustained market performance drove the reclassification for 2026.
Mupita publicly thanked MTN Ghana's leadership, board, and employees for the achievement.
The move reflects Ghana's rising...
In-game cosmetics for nine partner orgs just dropped in Brawl Stars as Supercell and BLAST gear up for their first-ever live Brawl Cup event.
Club Partner Program goes live with cosmetics
Supercell launched animated profile icons, sprays, and pins for nine premier esports organizations.
Team Heretics, FUT Esports, LOUD, NAVI, SK Gaming, and others are all featured.
A limited-time discount bundle runs from 27 February through 1 March in the shop.
Purchases let fans directly support their favorite clubs while customizing profiles.
Brawl Cup 2026 heads to Berlin
The mid-season LAN event lands at the Uber Eats Music Hall from 15 to 17 May.
This is the first-ever live, in-person event for the Brawl Cup circuit specifically.
BLAST handles...
A Team Liquid and Sunderland AFC crossover is sending two elite EA FC players into the ePremier League under a co-branded jersey this season.
Team Liquid enters the ePremier League
Team Liquid partnered with Sunderland AFC to compete in the eighth ePremier League season.
Paulo Neto and Gabriel "Young" Freitas will represent both organizations on the pitch.
Neto is a former FIFAe Nations Cup champion with a serious pedigree.
Young grabbed a runner-up finish at the 2024 Esports World Cup.
Liquid's football gaming footprint keeps growing
The org fully acquired Team Gullit in 2025, consolidating its EA FC roster.
A 2024 Southeast Asian expansion preceded this UK circuit entry.
Sunderland gives Liquid a direct gateway into English...
A new university-esports pipeline pairs Arizona State University with Gen.G to convert gaming passion into actual career pathways for students.
ASU and Gen.G lock in a partnership
Arizona State University and Gen.G announced a collaboration focused on esports career development.
Financial details of the deal were not publicly disclosed.
Students get hands-on exposure to esports operations, media production, and marketing.
Gen.G CEO Arnold Hur is joining ASU as a Professor of Practice to embed industry knowledge directly.
Summer camp anchors the practical side
Gen.G is co-leading the Gaming Career Summer Camp at ASU's LA location.
Four weekly modules cover lessons, industry guest speakers, and a capstone project.
Gen.G's Global...
Stricter esports regulations targeting player contracts, child safety, and violent content are coming for Malaysia's RM1.6 billion gaming industry.
Malaysia formalizes esports oversight
The Ministry of Youth and Sports is partnering with the CMCF on a new gaming sub-code.
CMCF CEO Mediha Mahmood stressed that user protection cannot be handled in silos.
The framework covers responsible gaming, community conduct, and industry-led content standards.
An estimated 5.2 million regular players make regulation a pressing priority.
Government money is already flowing in
Malaysia's 2025 budget earmarked RM20 million for esports development.
A dedicated esports stadium at KL Sports City in Bukit Jalil opens later this year.
Titles like Mobile...
A two-year partnership extension locks Razer in as MOUZ's exclusive hardware provider through 2028, making it the longest-running deal in the org's history.
MOUZ and Razer extend through 2028
MOUZ and Razer inked a two-year renewal, keeping the hardware exclusivity deal alive.
Their partnership originally kicked off in July 2019 out of shared Hamburg roots.
Both organizations have headquarters in the same German city.
Player feedback has directly shaped products like the Viper V3 mouse and Huntsman V3 Pro keyboard.
Razer's 2026 expansion has been aggressive
Karmine Corp and 100 Thieves both joined the Team Razer roster recently.
Sentinels also locked in a deal extension with the brand.
Razer's AI ecosystem launch is part of a...
A pledge of flexibility from Tehran at Geneva's third round of indirect nuclear talks is fueling cautious optimism that a revived deal might actually be within reach.
Geneva talks wrapped with real momentum
Iran and the U.S. finished their third indirect negotiation round in Geneva on 26 February.
An Omani mediator described the sessions as yielding significant progress.
Both sides are committed to reconvening within weeks to keep the momentum alive.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called these the most serious discussions ever held with Washington.
Tehran is signaling major concessions
Iran approved a draft counterproposal backed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Caps on uranium enrichment, expanded inspections, and...
