GITEX ASIA x Ai Everything Singapore Unites Global Tech Investment Elite with Southeast Asia VC Funding Set to Surpass US$13 Billion in 2025

Press Release – Singapore – 21 April, 2025: Southeast Asia’s (SEA) entrepreneurial landscape, backed by its flourishing technology startup ecosystem, is primed to experience significant activity and heightened investor interest. With Statistics Research projecting regional VC funding will reach US$13.7 billion in 2025 and Citigroup estimating Asian tech funding will expand by 10% this calendar year, SEA-based startups are poised to enter a vibrant new … Continue reading GITEX ASIA x Ai Everything Singapore Unites Global Tech Investment Elite with Southeast Asia VC Funding Set to Surpass US$13 Billion in 2025

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Asia

TCS and Vianai Reimagine the Future of Decision Intelligence with Conversational AI

Through this collaboration, TCS will empower its customers to harness the capabilities of Vianai’s hila Platform, enabling them to engage in conversations with their data and obtain real-time business insights Press Release – PALO ALTO I MUMBAI | APRIL 17, 2025: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has announced a partnership with Vianai Systems, a … Continue reading TCS and Vianai Reimagine the Future of Decision Intelligence with Conversational AI

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Global

Ericsson and Bell Canada successfully test AI-native link adaptation to boost network speed and efficiency

Press Release – OTTAWA and MONTRÉAL, April 15, 2025 — Bell Canada and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) have conducted a successful field test of AI-native link adaptation – the first globally. This innovative technology uses real-time AI to dynamically adapt networks in response to changes in signal quality, interference, and other factors. The result is an enhanced user experience through increased throughput and spectral efficiency. This collaboration … Continue reading Ericsson and Bell Canada successfully test AI-native link adaptation to boost network speed and efficiency

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Asia

Spark and Infosys announce strategic IT collaboration

Press Release – Bengaluru, India and Auckland, New Zealand – April 16, 2025 – Infosys (NSE, BSE, NYSE:INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, and Spark New Zealand (Spark), New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company, today announced a strategic agreement that will support the transformation of Spark’s technology delivery model through digital innovation. Leveraging Infosys Topaz, an AI-first set of services, solutions, and platforms … Continue reading Spark and Infosys announce strategic IT collaboration

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Europe

GCI selects Ericsson to deploy and operate new 5G Core network

Press Release – Apr 14, 2025 – Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and GCI Communication Corp (GCI) have announced a new partnership to revolutionize GCI’s core network infrastructure and accelerate its cloud-native transformation. The new agreement provides the latest generation of cloud-core technology along with new AI tools and ways of working that address increasing network complexity inherent with evolving networks. This new agreement is a major … Continue reading GCI selects Ericsson to deploy and operate new 5G Core network

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Untied Kingdom

The impact of AI in education

Press Release – 14/04/2025 Commenting on the passing of motion 8 at Annual Conference in Harrogate, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said: “The increasing use of AI and the desire of big tech companies to expand their reach into state education means that it is really important that those working in education and their unions have a meaningful input into the development … Continue reading The impact of AI in education

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Europe

Nokia networking backbone to connect ResetData’s ‘AI Factory’ data centers across Australia

Nokia networking backbone to connect ResetData’s ‘AI Factory’ data centers across Australia Press Release – 14 April 2025 – Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced it has been selected by Australian cloud provider ResetData to supply a networking backbone that supports its immediate rollout of sovereign ‘AI Factory’ data centers across the continent. The Nokia IP solution will deliver the speed, scale and reliability required … Continue reading Nokia networking backbone to connect ResetData’s ‘AI Factory’ data centers across Australia

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Africa

Zindi’s Silent Revolution: How a Tanzanian Lecturer is Building Africa’s Next Generation of AI Leaders

In a quiet lab nestled within the tree-lined campus of Sokoine University of Agriculture, a quiet revolution is underway. Catherine Francis Mangare, a 35-year-old assistant lecturer turned PhD researcher, is one of the most unlikely yet formidable forces shaping the future of artificial intelligence in Tanzania. “Before, I didn’t even know about Zindi Africa,” she said, referring to the pan-African data science platform that has … Continue reading Zindi’s Silent Revolution: How a Tanzanian Lecturer is Building Africa’s Next Generation of AI Leaders

Faustine Ngila15/04/202517/04/2025

Africa

From Rural Ethiopia to Zindi Data Science Champion: How Yisak Birhanu Bule Became an AI Expert Against All Odds

In the quiet village of Lisana, Ethiopia, where electric light was a rare luxury and internet access a futuristic dream in early 2000s, a young boy was assembling toy cars and tinkering with rudimentary electrical circuits. That boy, now 24-year-old Yisak Birhanu Bule, would grow up to become one of Africa’s rising stars in data science – using artificial intelligence to tackle some of the … Continue reading From Rural Ethiopia to Zindi Data Science Champion: How Yisak Birhanu Bule Became an AI Expert Against All Odds

Faustine Ngila14/04/202517/04/2025