📶MTN, SMEDAN Unite for SME Growth

Good Morning Valued Subscribers👋

I hope the first day of the month actually started off well for all of us, especially in our workplaces and businesses. Some months open with noise, others with quiet productivity, but this one already feels like it’s signaling a shift: work smarter, move faster, stay ready.

If you’ve ever watched companies juggle AWS for this, Google Cloud for that, and Azure for… whatever Azure is doing that day, you know how messy multicloud life can be. Now imagine all those services talking to each other with far less friction, faster workloads, cleaner data flows, and fewer headaches for the teams who actually keep the digital world running.

It’s one of those upgrades most people won’t notice directly, but your apps, dashboards, bills, and deployments definitely will. After back-to-back outages and cloud drama over the past few weeks, it’s refreshing to see something that signals smoother days ahead.

Let’s dive in.👇

Today’s Menu ☕️

📶MTN, SMEDAN Unite for SME Growth
🏆Airtel Africa Wins SERAS Tech Award
📶Telkom SA Scores S&P Upgrade
☁️AWS Unveils Super-Fast Multicloud Interconnect
🏢Wise Cleared to Launch in South Africa

📶TELECOMS

MTN, SMEDAN Unite for SME Growth

MTN Nigeria and SMEDAN have formed a strategic partnership to strengthen small businesses nationwide, with the mySMEville digital platform at the center. The collaboration will expand access to funding, digital tools, training, and financial services, helping millions of entrepreneurs improve productivity, formalise operations, and scale. The initiative aims to boost economic growth by empowering SMEs—the backbone of Nigeria’s economy...….continue reading

🏆AWARDS

Airtel Africa Wins SERAS Tech Award

Airtel Nigeria has won the Best in Technology for Development award at the 2025 SERAS, recognizing the Airtel Africa Foundation’s impact on digital inclusion and youth empowerment. The Foundation has helped train 25,000 young Nigerians through the government’s 3MTT programme and connected over 942,000 pupils in 1,268 schools to digital learning tools via its UNICEF-backed Reimagine Education initiative. With additional university scholarships and community projects, the award reinforces Airtel’s commitment to expanding digital access and equipping young Nigerians with the skills needed for a modern digital economy..….continue reading

 📶TELECOMS

Telkom SA Scores S&P Upgrade

S&P Global Ratings has upgraded Telkom SA’s credit rating to BB+ with a Positive outlook, reflecting stronger financial health and improved operational performance. The uplift follows South Africa’s recent sovereign rating improvement and Telkom’s successful debt reduction after selling its Swiftnet towers unit. With low leverage and a solid strategy, Telkom is now positioned for continued upward momentum................…continue reading

☁️CLOUD

AWS Unveils Super-Fast Multicloud Interconnect

AWS has launched the preview of AWS Interconnect – multicloud, a new service that delivers private, secure, high-speed connectivity between AWS and other major cloud providers, starting with Google Cloud. The service cuts deployment time from months to minutes, offering dedicated bandwidth, low latency, and built-in resiliency for multicloud workloads. Support for Microsoft Azure is expected in 2026 as AWS expands its multicloud strategy...............…continue reading

🏢FINTECH

Wise Cleared to Launch in South Africa

Wise has secured conditional approval to launch its first African operations in South Africa, paving the way for low-cost, fast, and transparent international money transfers. The move supports South Africa’s cross-border payments reform efforts and is expected to boost competition, improve exchange rates, and enhance digital financial access for both individuals and businesses.....…...continue reading

OTHER STORIES

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