The companies will look to invest in areas such as new connectivities, IoT, cybersecurity, cloud, AI and fintech. (Image source: C.E. Kent/Flickr)

France?s Orange said that it has partnered with search engine giant Google through the company?s venture capital arm, Orange Digital Ventures (ODV), to explore investment opportunities in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

Image cap: The MoUs will be focussed on AI, electrical load control and IoT. (Image source: DEWA)

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with three start-ups companies to work with them in the 4^th Dubai Future Accelerators Programme

Al Yah 3 focuses on helping to empower millions of people across the Middle East, Africa, South West Asia and Brazil to access affordable internet access via Yahsat?s high-speed satellite broadband service, YahClick. (Image source: Yahsat)

The UAE-based global satellite operator Yahsat?s third satellite Al Yah 3, located at 20?W, has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is ready to support the launch of commercial services

Mike Hollands is the connectivity segment director at Interxion. (Image source: Interxion)

As Middle East countries seek to diversify from oil revenues, Europe?s leading provider of carrier and cloud-neutral collocation data centre services Interxion sees an increasingly attractive environment for telecoms and media industries in the region