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During MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei released 115 industrial intelligence showcases, together with its customers, during Industrial Digital and Intelligent Transformation Summit 2026. The summit, titled Advancing Industrial All Intelligence, was held by Huawei to explore new practices in industrial intelligence with its customers, partners, and peers. In addition, Huawei also announced the launch of upgrades to its SHAPE 2.0 partner framework. Huawei also showcased 22 new industrial intelligence solutions with partners, for the electric power, manufacturing and retail, finance, transportation, oil and gas, ISP, media, public service, and smart city sectors Huawei proposed the ACT Pathway: A replicable intelligence framework…

Today, the Huawei Cloud Summit, themed “Huawei Cloud: Solving Industry Challenges with AI”, took place in Barcelona. At the summit, Huawei Cloud unveiled its Industry AI Foundry, introduced the next-generation hybrid cloud offering Huawei Cloud Foundation (HCF), and showcased CodeArts, an AI-powered coding agent, for customers across industries to thrive in the AI era. Prioritizing Strategic Investments to Boost Value Creation In his opening remarks, Dr. Peter Zhou, CEO of Huawei Cloud, emphasized that cloud and AI stand at the core of Huawei’s strategy, driving steady investment in R&D and innovation. Over the past year, Huawei Cloud has achieved remarkable…

Ecommerce in South Africa is on a rapid growth trajectory, transforming how consumers shop and how businesses operate – and South African ecommerce platform Bob is positioning itself to meet this surge with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer. A 2025 report by World Wide Worx shows how rapidly South Africa’s online retail market has grown over the past few years. Ecommerce made up less than 1 percent of total national retail sales in the early stages of development. By 2023, that share had increased to 6 percent, with online turnover reaching R71 billion. Growth accelerated in 2024,…

South Africa will get its first taste of the iCAUR brand this year with the V23 2WD and AWD models. The all-new iCAUR V23 electric SUV is coming to South Africa in May 2026 with bold retro styling and strong value positioning. Two models will be available at launch, the 2WD and AWD, offering up to 155 kW and 292 N.m with fast DC charging capability. High standard specification includes leather seats, a 15.4-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a comprehensive safety package across the range. A new era of motoring is on the horizon, arriving…

London, UK – Sentry Bridge Capital (SBC), has officially announced its entry into the United States market. The company is introducing its independently developed Quantum Market Intelligence System 5.0, also known as the QMI 5.0 intelligent investment system, and will collaborate with leading global financial institutions to provide United States investors with advanced artificial intelligence driven asset management solutions. This strategic expansion marks SBC’s advancement from a globally recognized intelligent investment platform into the United States, the world’s largest and most mature capital market. It also represents the formal launch of a new era of intelligent investing in Wall Street and…

Johannesburg, 02 March 2026 — At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei debuts its latest SuperPoD product Atlas 950 SuperPoD, TaiShan 950 SuperPoD and a series of computing solutions to the global market. This embodies the company’s latest endeavor to open source and open collaboration with the aim of building a resilient computing foundation and creating a new option worldwide. Tech innovation builds a resilient computing foundation With AI technologies evolving rapidly and models now using trillions of parameters, agentic AI is beginning to penetrate into core production processes in many industries. This is driving up demand for larger computing scale and…

Johannesburg, 02 March 2026 — On the eve of MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei officially launched its 5G-A Mobile Backhaul Network architecture tailored for the Agentic MBB (Mobile Broadband) era. Defined by core capabilities including 10GE/25GE to the site, L3 to the site, and end-to-end SRv6, the new architecture is designed to enhance differentiated experience assurance, enabling operators to drive revenue growth through experience-based operations. 5G-A Oriented MBH Architecture, Building a New Foundation for the Agentic MBB Era Experience Monetization Becomes the Mainstream Trend in the Agentic MBB Era While the 4G era focused on “Connecting People” and traditional 5G on…

Huawei has provided digital connectivity to 170 million people in remote areas across more than 80 countries, surpassing its pledge to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Coalition. The announcement was made by Yang Chaobin, CEO of Huawei ICT BG, at the company’s TECH Cares Forum in Barcelona. He noted that this achievement exceeds the commitment Huawei made when joining the ITU P2C Digital Coalition in 2022: to connect 120 million people in remote areas by 2025. Yang extended his gratitude to Huawei’s telecom customers and partners for their collaborative efforts. The forum brought together around 80 guests…

JSE-listed Growthpoint Properties is expanding its logistics and industrial property portfolio with the development of Indlovu Logistics Park on the site of the former PPC facility in Montague Gardens, Cape Town. Indlovu Logistics Park is being developed to meet growing demand for high-quality logistics and warehousing space in one of the city’s most established industrial precincts with modern maxi-units. The R578 million new development will comprise approximately 38,600m² of gross lettable area across nine maxi-units, offering flexible, future-focused space for logistics, distribution and light industrial occupiers. Growthpoint identified the significant redevelopment opportunity for this site after PPC decided to move…

The Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis (TCIB) Cross-border Payments Scheme, operated by PayInc, has achieved a new milestone through its collaboration with First Capital Bank (FCB) Botswana, for activating payments into Botswana. With the Botswana corridor now live, this partnership is driven by the seamless integration of the TCIB multi-currency, cross-border digital platform into FCB Botswana’s systems. By leveraging the interoperable payments infrastructure, fast, secure, and cost-effective digital transactions between users in both markets are made possible. This initiative not only simplifies cross-border payments for peer-to-peer transactions but also empowers communities and drives deeper financial inclusion – broadening access…