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CTM360, a pioneer and innovator in pre-emptive security, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding( MoU) with The Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority( PURA).
PURA is the country’ s multi-sectoral regulator and the host of the national Computer Security Incident Response Team( gmCSIRT), which plays a central role in strengthening the nation’ s digital safety.
The partnership marks a strategic step in empowering PURA to enhance the country’ s cybersecurity posture and safeguard its citizens. A key focus of the collaboration is conducting capacity building programmes to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities across the country’ s Critical National Infrastructures( CNIs). This will be delivered through specialised training programmes, workshops and continuous knowledgetransfer sessions for relevant stakeholders.
CTM360 signs MoU with Gambia’ s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to strengthen national cybersecurity resilience
regulatory institutions facing rising challenges from the evolving cyberthreat environment. Through the initiative, the two organisations aim to jointly enhance security postures across Gambia’ s Critical National Infrastructure organisations.
Dr Njogou L. Bah, Director General, PURA, said:“ This collaboration marks a significant step toward strengthening national cybersecurity efforts in The Gambia. Through this partnership, CTM360 will leverage its expertise to conduct extensive cybersecurity assessments across PURA’ s IT infrastructure and other Critical National Infrastructures( CNIs). Both parties will develop a maturity assessment model aligned with national objectives.
Mirza Asrar Baig, CEO and Founder, CTM360, said this collaboration with PURA represents a meaningful advancement in the company’ s mission to support
Cassava Technologies and AXON Networks announce strategic partnership to fuel AI adoption among African businesses
Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, and AXON Networks, a global leader in intelligent network platforms, have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop, deploy and manage Africa’ s first end-to-end Operator-as-a-Service( OaaS) platform.
Positioned as a step toward unlocking Africa’ s AI and digital future, customers and service providers will leverage AXON’ s
AI-ready, real-time, multi-tenant, Digital Twin-enabled platform across Cassava’ s extensive high-speed fibre backbone.
The collaboration aims to connect millions of people and businesses across the continent while unlocking new pathways for economic development and innovation.
“ As businesses of all sizes continue to digitise their operations, the need is for cost-effective, flexible and high-performance network solutions that reduce time-consuming manual design and configurations. By partnering with AXON Networks, we are moving beyond traditional hardware-centric infrastructure to create a truly programmable, AI-managed network, which will significantly reduce operational costs and increase access to customers and service providers,” said Hardy Pemhiwa, President and Group CEO, Cassava Technologies.
“ This transformation allows us to treat our pan-continental fibre network as a dynamic digital platform, enabling us to provision and modify customer networks in near real time, rather than days or weeks. We are going beyond connectivity to becoming a partner in the Digital Transformation journeys of our customers.” www. intelligentcio. com
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