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Majid Al Futtaim acquires the UAEs leading mobile wallet app. (Image source: Majid Al Futtaim)

Majid Al Futtaim, one of the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneers across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has announced the acquisition of Beam Portal, the owner of the UAE mobile wallet app Beam

Pöttinger has optimised the geometry, size, mounting angle and penetration angle of the discs. (Image source: Pottinger)

Intelsat, communications satellite services provider, has made a strategic investment in Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), to accelerate the deployment of mobile connectivity to unserved communities across multiple countries in sub-Saharan Africa

The programme will create more than 9mn jobs and reach 32mn youth in Africa, according to the AfDB. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)

The African Development Bank (AfDB), along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook launched a programme to train African youth in coding skills

Telecom Egypt will use the facility for an undersea cable and working capital. (Image source: Afreximbank)

Telecom Egypt secured a US$200mn financing facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which it will use to buy a cross-border marine cable and boost internet services in the country

Etisalat will roll out 5G wireless services to customers in select locations in the UAE starting September. (Image source: Almas Baig/Flickr)

Telecom company Etisalat has launched its first commercial 5G wireless network in the UAE, the first by any operator in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

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