VIENTIANE: The government has earmarked 2026 as the year when administration systems will go digital, instructing ministries and provincial authorities to take direct responsibility for reform under a unified national roadmap. The goal was announced when Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone chaired a meeting of the National Digital Transformation Committee on Tuesday to review progress to…
The Digital Genesis Fund has officially launched as a new European investment platform focused on real-world infrastructure for the digital age, combining institutional regulation with Web3, tokenization, and AI-driven value creation. Structured as a Luxembourg SICAV-RAIF, the Digital Genesis Fund is designed to deploy long-term capital into infrastructure where technology enables structural transformation of real…
Nigeria is set to host a major continental policy and technology engagement in 2026, as organisers of the RegTech Africa Conference and Expo (RACE 2026) formally unveiled details of the event at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. The conference, scheduled for May 20 to 22, 2026, will be hosted by the Office of the…
India’s digital economy is scaling — but for a country banking on its demographic dividend, unmanaged digital addiction risks becoming a silent drag on learning, mental health, and economic output. The Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights that, “India’s youth are living in an intensely digital environment. While access fuels learning, jobs, and civic participation, compulsive and high-intensity…
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GOCare, a leading SaaS provider of digital customer experience solutions for broadband service providers (BSPs), today announced that WEHCO Video, Inc., d/b/a Cablelynx Broadband (Cablelynx), a community-focused broadband service provider serving over 65,000 subscribers across four states, will use GOCare as its customer engagement platform to accelerate…
Digital friction has become a major drag on productivity. Whether it is a failed authentication loop or a screen freezing just before a deadline, these everyday issues now carry outsized consequences. And in the UK, where businesses are under pressure to lift output in a difficult economic environment, unreliable technology has moved past being a…
Nigeria’s ambition to build a one Trillion dollar economy can only be achieved if digital growth is anchored on trust, data protection and shared prosperity. Dr Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference to mark Global Privacy Day 2026, organised by the…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha, providing an annual overview of India’s economic performance for the financial year. The survey recommended several key reforms, including a major overhaul of the fertiliser sector, boosting research and development, strengthening irrigation infrastructure, and promoting crop diversification. It also emphasized the need…
Remember when accessibility was just a checkbox on a compliance form? Those days are gone. Now that we live so much of our lives online, making websites and apps usable for everyone has become as basic as having a working checkout button. What does this imply? It’s no longer about avoiding lawsuits but also reaching…
Today’s digital signage is much more than menus and campus-wide messaging. It is everything from a digital canvas for art to dynamic tools for engagement. At ISE 2026, visitors will see new solutions to enhance the new era of digital signage. [SCN’s ISE Insiders 2026] Check out solutions from Avocor, nsign, SpinetiX, Uniguest, and Visionary…
