Southern African Railways Association (SARA), Siemens Mobility and Huawei Technologies hosted the first Africa Digital Rail Forum 2020 on 19 August
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Temenos technology to accelerate digital transformation for Somalia's Sombank
Somalias Islamic bank Sombank has selected the Temenos Islamic Banking solution in the cloud to accelerate its digital transformation and create innovative products to increase access to financial services in Somalia
Standard Chartered, Airtel Africa form partner to drive financial inclusion across Africa
Standard Chartered Bank and Airtel Africa formed a strategic collaboration to promote financial inclusion across major markets in Africa by providing increased access to mobile financial services for customers
Portwell introduces new range of industrial-grade touch monitors
American Portwell Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Portwell, an innovator on the Industrial PC (IPC) market and a member of the Intel IoT Solutions Alliance, has launched its 12.1”, 15”, 15.6”, 17”, 18.5” and 21.5” true-flat Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touch screens with 10-point multi-touch support and also five-wire Resistive LCD panel touch monitors
ACI drives payments transformation for South Africa’s ACS
ACI Worldwide has announced that Altech Card Solutions (ACS), a division of Altron, one of South Africa’s leading technology companies, is using ACI’s UP Retail Payments to better serve its large multinational retail customers in South Africa and across the African continent