Monday, October 12, 2026 • The Governor of Khartoum, Ahmed Osman Hamza, inaugurated the reopening of the Omdurman National Bank branch at Souq Libya, and the bank's Director General, Abdel Moneim Mohamed Al-Tayeb, announced the resumption of work at 22 branches in Khartoum State, stressing that the bank is the first to have returned with its entire administration to work in the capital (Source: Tasamuh News and Sudan Now Live, October 11, 2026). • The Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Amna Mirghani Hassan Al-Toum, chaired the board meeting of the Sudan Financial Services Company, which discussed launching new issues of securities to manage liquidity and finance the budget deficit, along the lines of the "Shahama certificates", in addition to the ongoing steps to issue the "Golden Certificate" and bank sukuk (Source: Tasamuh News and Fawri News, October 10, 2026). • The "AI Governance Index in Africa 2026" ranked Sudan among the lowest performers in the north of the continent: no dedicated artificial intelligence law, no data protection law in force, and no national artificial intelligence strategy, and the Sudanese Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority — established by a decree of the Prime Minister in November 2025 — has not issued any regulatory regulation since its establishment (Source: African Readings, October 5, 2026). • The African Telecommunications Union called on innovators and academic institutions — including Sudanese ones — to take part in the "Fifth African Innovation Challenge" dedicated to artificial-intelligence-based software solutions, noting that the application window is open from September 15 until October 31, 2026 (Source: Official page of the Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority — Sudan). • Starlink is heading toward competing directly with mobile telecommunications companies: the company agreed to acquire low-frequency (800 MHz) licences to improve coverage inside buildings, and obtained a licence to deploy 15,000 satellites to support the "Starlink Mobile" service — a development of interest to Sudanese who rely on satellite internet in war zones (Source: Masr Al-Youm, October 9, 2026).
— Technology Desk
