Kaspersky dropped a calculator that turns OT cyber risk into money math executives actually understand.
What just launched
Kaspersky released an OT cybersecurity savings calculator.
The tool targets industrial operators.
The goal is to price weak security risks.
What users plug in
Sector and company size get entered.
Region and breach history shape results.
Existing defenses adjust benchmarks.
Why the industry needs this
Connected systems raise attack exposure.
Breaches regularly cost serious cash.
Exec buy-in often lags reality.
What the calculator spits out
Financial impact estimates show risk size.
Savings projections justify security spend.
Recommendations guide budget choices.
Where it hits hardest
GCC markets get special...
Moniepoint flooded Nigeria’s informal economy with real money, not tiny loans, and the numbers actually moved in 2025.
Loan push at scale
Moniepoint Group disbursed over ₦1 trillion.
Roughly 70,000 small businesses got funded.
Credit stepped in as banks pulled back.
Focus stayed on private sector gaps.
What the money changed
Borrowers saw transaction values jump 36 percent.
Average loan size landed near ₦14.3 million.
Growth came from meaningful capital, not scraps.
Results suggest funding matched business needs.
How credit decisions worked
Payment data powers lending choices.
POS activity replaced classic credit scores.
Collateral was not the gatekeeper.
Informal operators are finally qualified.
Who actually got funded...
Yamify is planting AI agents inside a Kinshasa data hub to keep African businesses running when power and connectivity misbehave.
Partnership basics
Yamify teamed up with a Kinshasa facility.
Hosting focuses on local business AI agents.
Operations stay close to users and data.
Why this location matters
OADC Texaf – Kinshasa provides resilient infrastructure.
Power cuts and flaky links get mitigated.
Mission-critical workflows keep running.
What the platform enables
AI agents run locally for long workflows.
Automation covers operations and payments.
Regulatory compliance stays intact.
Operating environment realities
Unstable cloud access is common.
Connectivity gaps disrupt remote systems.
Local hosting reduces failure points...
Nedbank is buying control of NCBA to muscle deeper into East Africa with a cash-and-shares play.
Deal snapshot
Nedbank Group Limited made an offer for roughly 66 percent of NCBA.
Total consideration sits near R13.9bn.
Offer pricing uses ZAR 250 per Nedbank share.
How the ownership shakes out
NCBA becomes a Nedbank subsidiary.
Minority shares keep trading publicly.
Nairobi Securities Exchange listing stays intact.
Payment structure
Consideration splits 20 percent cash.
The remaining value comes via new Nedbank shares.
Johannesburg Stock Exchange handles the listing.
Why Nedbank wants this
Jason Quinn calls it a strategy milestone.
East Africa is flagged as high priority.
Regional growth beats domestic saturation.
What NCBA...
Nigeria’s highways mostly stay connected, but northern stretches and primary roads still drop signal, with one smaller carrier quietly beating the big players.
What the report looked at
Ookla analyzed mobile coverage on Nigerian roads.
Roughly 292,000 km of routes were reviewed.
Focus stayed on signal strength and quality.
Where coverage is solid
Southern and central highways perform well.
Lagos to Abuja routes stay reliably connected.
Port Harcourt corridors show strong signals.
Where gaps still exist
Northern border areas suffer sparse coverage.
Primary roads have the longest dead zones.
Feeder routes disconnect more often.
Zero service breakdown
Primary roads lose service over 326 km.
Trunk roads only hit 51 km without a...
ANEC promised gear and digital upgrades for Djibanar, pushing harder for civil registration across Sédhiou.
Support pledged for the Djibanar services
The National Agency for Civil Status is committed to modernization and help.
The municipality gets backing for digitization.
Record security upgrades are part of the plan.
Message from ANEC leadership
Matar Ndao spoke at a regional ceremony.
He stressed registering life events consistently.
Residents were urged to follow registry rules.
Equipment handover details
ANEC delivered a large equipment batch.
Hardware boosts admin and tech capacity.
Local offices gain stronger data handling.
Event setting and oversight
The Baby of Equity celebration hosted remarks.
Bafata served as the...
Djibouti is drafting a national AI playbook with global backing, aiming for ethical tech adoption instead of rushing hype-first automation.
National AI strategy kickoff
Djibouti is developing a National AI Strategy.
Government wants long-term direction, not quick wins.
Digital future planning is the core goal.
Who is driving it
MENIDjib leads the initiative.
International partners are heavily involved.
UNESCO provides technical backing.
UNESCWA supports the process.
How it started
Work kicked off with a RAM diagnostic phase.
UNESCO facilitated the assessment.
Country readiness and gaps were mapped.
What the strategy aims to do
Ethical AI use is a priority.
Inclusivity is baked into planning.
National priorities guide adoption...
Vertiv just rolled out an AI service that tries to predict data center failures before they happen, aiming to kill calendar-based maintenance for good.
What got announced
Vertiv launched Vertiv Next Predict.
Service uses AI to manage infrastructure health.
Focus stays on data centers running heavy AI loads.
What problem does it target
Traditional maintenance reacts late or follows schedules.
Modern facilities lack real-time visibility.
AI workloads push systems harder than before.
How the system works
AI watches equipment behavior nonstop.
Anomaly detection flags weird patterns early.
Risk scoring ranks issues by potential impact.
Root cause analysis narrows fixes fast.
What happens after detection
Prescriptive actions get...
Samsung is shoving PCIe Gen 5 SSD speeds into a tiny stick to keep local AI boxes fast, cool, and cramped-friendly.
What Samsung is pitching
Samsung rolled out PM9E1.
The target audience is local AI workstations.
Compact builds are the whole point.
Form factor matters here
Module uses M.2 2242 sizing.
Short length fits dense boards.
Capacity scales up to 4 TB.
Bigger 2280 sticks get dodged.
Raw performance claims
Sequential reads hit 14,500 MB per second.
Writes peak around 12,600 MB per second.
Random reads reach 2,000K IOPS.
Random writes push 2,640K IOPS.
Why AI workloads care
Large datasets need fast streaming.
Toolchains hammer small files constantly.
Latency spikes kill responsiveness.
Balance beats headline bandwidth...
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