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Nairobi, Kenya, 19 September, 2024:

Safaricom and Mastercard have signed a partnership to accelerate the adoption of payment acceptance and cross-border remittance services in Kenya. This collaboration is set to benefit over 636,000 merchants using M-PESA, Safaricom’s leading mobile money service.

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PLANO, Texas - Friday, 20. September 2024 AETOSWire  

(BUSINESS WIRE)--With new owners, a commitment to new leadership, and reoriented business model, today we announce the next chapter of Sandvine as a technology solution leader for democracies.

Our technology facilitates internet access for hundreds of millions of people around the globe. We work with the world’s largest internet service providers to classify network traffic, enhance network connectivity, and counter threats to network security. Our mission is to help people work, learn, entertain and communicate. In response to concerns regarding the misuse of our technology by foreign governments, we made a commitment to new ownership, leadership, and business strategy. In the last several months, we have committed to significant changes to our governance and business model in consultation with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State, and other key members of the U.S. government.< ... Read more »

 SAN JOSE, Calif. - Thursday, 19. September 2024 AETOSWire

Signed SCA with AWS delivers performance and scalability for modern data workloads like Generative AI

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced the expansion of its decade-long relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help joint customers continuously fuel business growth and innovation in the artificial intelligence (AI) era. Signing a new Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) builds on the commitment to benefit joint customers by accelerating generative AI efforts, simplifying transactions, and delivering CloudOps value.

NetApp and AWS have worked together for over a decade to jointly accelerate innovation for thousands of customers worldwide. In that time, NetApp has achieved more than a dozen AWS competencies, including the Manufacturing and Industrial Software, Financial Services Technology, and Cloud Operations Softwa ... Read more »

DALLAS 
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mary Kay Inc., a global leader in skin care and cosmetics, is proud to announce its expansion into Kyrgyzstan, marking a significant milestone in its ongoing international growth strategy. This exciting development underscores Mary Kay’s commitment to empowering women and providing innovative, high-quality skincare and beauty products across the globe.

The beauty and personal care market is experiencing robust growth internationally, with sales volume in these categories almost doubling over the past several years. The beauty market is expected to reach approximately $580 billion by 2027, growing by a projected 6 percent per year1 while the direct selling market size is estimated to reach $286.7 billion by 20282. This phenomenal growth is due to more individuals turning to entrepreneurship and seeking flexible and rewarding business opportunities. Recognizing this upward trend, Mary Kay has strategically expanded into Kyrgyzstan to m ... Read more »

PARIS - Thursday, 19. September 2024

Dfns offers a Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform that enables organizations to easily create, integrate, and manage digital assets at scale, delivering enhanced wallet security and efficiency for financial institutions and fintech companies.

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dfns, a leading provider of wallets-as-a-service (WaaS) solutions, today announced Dfns Wallet Infrastructure is available on Temenos Exchange, the partner ecosystem of integrated fintech solutions. This partnership makes Dfns the first European digital asset infrastructure provider to integrate with Temenos, joining a select group that includes Wyden, Fireblocks, and Taurus.

The Dfns Wallet Infrastructure delivers critical business benefits tailored to the needs of institutional finance and banks. By integrating with Temenos, our solution offers services such as key, authentication, identity and access, blockchain, wallet and transaction management. T ... Read more »

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Thursday, 19. September 2024

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Uniphore, one of the largest AI-native enterprise companies, unveiled X-Stream, a breakthrough platform capability that industrializes the conversion of structured and unstructured multimodal data into domain-specific knowledge across the enterprise. X-Stream enables knowledge-as-a-service, bringing together powerful tools, connectors and controls for enterprises to build their own AI applications and shape their business outcomes.

Housed as an essential layer in Uniphore’s X-Platform, X-Stream will help enterprises get one step closer to AI sovereignty. It is the latest in a series of product announcements from the company focused on helping enterprises leverage their own data from various sources such as content management, CRM, data warehouses and business applications to fuel their digital transformation.

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 Collaboration will accelerate and scale the deployment of energy industry-specific AI foundation models across SLB’s platforms

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global energy technology company SLB (NYSE: SLB) is building on its long-standing collaboration with NVIDIA to develop generative AI solutions for the energy industry.

 In the first listing ever in Qatari Riyals on London Stock Exchange

Estithmar Holding celebrated this morning the listing of its first Sukuk in Qatari Riyals on London Stock Exchange, at the Stock Exchange’s headquarters. This is the first time that London Stock Exchange has witnessed listing in Qatari riyals.

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• API insecurity and automated abuse by bots responsible for up to 11.8% of cyber events and losses globally
• Bot-related security incident count rose 88% in 2022 and 28% in 2023
• Insecure APIs result in up to $12 billion more in losses than they did in 2021

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thales, the cybersecurity leader that protects critical applications, APIs, and data, anywhere at scale, releases the “Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks” report. The analysis of more th ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Thursday, 19. September 2024 AETOSWire 

MSCI Carbon Project Ratings independently assess the integrity and risks of carbon credit projects across multiple criteria.
First ratings to assess over 4,000 projects in the carbon credit market and consider legal and ethical risks.
Launch marks next step towards realizing MSCI’s commitment to advance clarity and set standards in carbon credit markets.
 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, launched MSCI Carbon Project Ratings to enable buyers, investors, and developers of carbon credits to better assess the quality and integrity of carbon projects.

“Carbon markets are critical to accelerating decarbonization and meeting net-zero goals, but only 5% of projects on the market are considered to be of very high integrity,” said Guy Turner, Head of MSCI Carbo ... Read more »

− Presentations Include New Data from the TAK-861-2001 Phase 2b Trial in Narcolepsy Type 1 Highlighting Impact on Daily Functioning Including Cognition and Sleep Quality

− Data from Long-Term Extension Study will also be Presented

− Phase 3 Trial of an Orexin Agonist for Narcolepsy Type 1 Now Enrolling Patients Globally

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) will present additional data from the Phase 2b trials (TAK-861-2001,TAK-861-2002) and long-term extension (LTE) study (TAK-861-2003) of TAK-861 in narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) and narcolepsy type 2 (NT2) at Sleep Europe 2024, the 27th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), being held September 24-27, 2024 in Seville, Spain. TAK-861 is an investigational oral orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) selective-agonist designed to address the orexin deficiency in NT1 by selectively stimulating the orexin receptor 2. TAK-861 has the potential to be the first tre ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, 19. September 2024 AETOSWire  

Compiled with contributions from international and UAE-based experts, the report focuses on innovative strategies to empower and support youth and future generations.

The Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has launched a special edition of its ‘Global 50’ report, exploring innovative solutions that empower youth and future generations.

Released ahead of the 2024 United Nations' 'Summit of the Future', the ‘Global 50: Future Opportunities’ report complements the forthcoming UN 'Pact for the Future', ‘Declaration on Future Generations’ and ‘Global Digital Compact’, which focus on addressing challenges and opportunities of today and for years to come.

This edition features insights from both international and UAE experts, spotlighting opportunities that drive innovation, address global challenges, and s ... Read more »