FPT Partners with Nuummite and e-CENS to Explore Strategic Technology Collaboration Across the Middle East and Africa

HANOI, Vietnam--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 21, 2026--

Global technology corporation FPT and Nuummite, a MEA-based digital transformation and intelligent automation firm, have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to advance collaboration across the Middle East and Africa, creating a stronger platform for enterprise transformation through customer experience, data, AI, and cloud solutions. As part of the broader collaboration, e-CENS will contribute its regional data and analytics expertise alongside Nuummite’s digital transformation and intelligent automation capabilities.

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Under the agreement, FPT will work with Nuummite and e-CENS to explore opportunities across a broad set of strategic areas, with an initial focus on Salesforce-led customer transformation and agentic AI, including Agentforce, Data Cloud, and cross-cloud delivery across sales, service, marketing, commerce, and analytics. This will be supported by a broader portfolio covering Adobe and Sitecore experience platforms, data and AI, intelligent automation, and cloud services. The partnership is designed to create a more structured model for joint business development and enterprise transformation by combining FPT’s global technology and delivery capabilities with Nuummite and e-CENS’ regional market access, data expertise and execution strength. Together, the companies aim to accelerate digital adoption and build stronger commercial momentum in priority sectors such as retail, real estate, insurance, aviation, and media and entertainment.

The agreement builds on an existing working relationship between FPT and Nuummite that began in 2024 and elevates it into a broader strategic collaboration, with a clearer framework for joint market activation, coordinated growth, and long-term partnership development.

“Customer experience, AI, and data are becoming central to a more mature, outcome-driven model of enterprise transformation across the region. Leveraging our AI maturity framework, CASAN, along with the FleziPT platform and an AI-augmented workforce, we are well positioned to work with Nuummite in helping organizations to accelerate execution, turning digital priorities into measurable efficiency, stronger growth, and long-term business value,” said Kenan Homsi - Regional Vice President, FPT Middle East and Africa, FPT Corporation.

“The opportunity is not in adding more technology. It is in making technology work in the market, around the customer, and against real business priorities. Nuummite and e-CENS understand how enterprises across the region buy, operate, and change, while FPT brings the depth and scale to deliver. Together, we can turn complex transformation agendas into practical programs that move faster, reduce risk, and produce measurable results,” said Bashar Hafez - Co-Founder and Managing Director, Nuummite and e-CENS.

Since opening its first office in the Middle East in 2020, FPT has expanded its regional presence rapidly, building strong client momentum across multiple sectors and accelerating growth in the market. The company recently secured a Regional Headquarters license for its operations in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, becoming the first Vietnam-based enterprise authorized to conduct regional operations in the Kingdom. This collaboration marks a further step in strengthening FPT’s growth strategy in MEA through a more structured channel model and supporting enterprise clients through a combination of technical scale, local execution, and market-led partnership development.

About FPT

FPT Corporation (FPT) is a globally leading technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, operating in three core sectors: Technology, Telecommunications, and Education. Over more than three decades, FPT has consistently delivered impactful solutions to millions of individuals and tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. As an AI-first company, FPT is committed to elevating Vietnam’s position on the global tech map and delivering world-class AI-enabled solutions for global enterprises. FPT focuses on three critical transformations: Digital Transformation, Intelligence Transformation, and Green Transformation. In 2024, FPT reported a total revenue of USD 2.47 billion and a workforce of over 54,000 employees across its core businesses. For more information about FPT's global IT services, please visit https://fptsoftware.com.

About Nuummite

Nuummite is a GCC-based digital transformation and intelligent automation partner with offices in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan, serving the region’s most ambitious enterprises across Salesforce, RPA, data, and AI. Its clients include IKEA Saudi Arabia, Sony (Modern Electronics), Abdul Latif Jameel, Tamer Healthcare, Alfaysaliah Group, Medad, Orange, flyadeal, SMSA Express, ARASCO, Emirates Post Group, and Silal. For more information, please visit https://nuummite.com.

About e-CENS

e-CENS, with roots dating back to 2003, is a trusted strategic partner for enterprises seeking to transform data into a powerful competitive advantage. Its expertise spans the entire data lifecycle—from data collection and governance to activation across marketing, sales, and customer experience—supporting leading global brands across retail and e-commerce, financial services, travel, and hospitality.
e-CENS has worked with prominent organizations including Saudia, Jarir, eXtra, Emirates, Oman Air, the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, du, Emaar, Carrefour, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, and MultiBank Group.
For more information, please visit https://e-cens.com.

Representatives of FPT and Nuummite and e-CENS at the signing ceremony

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — The U.S. military has confirmed that a third service member is believed to be dead in Friday’s attack on a base in Jordan and identified them as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of New York.

The confirmation brings the death toll to 18 U.S. service members killed since the war began.

On Monday, the Pentagon identified 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, as the two other soldiers who were killed in Jordan in Friday’s attacks. The soldiers were killed by Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks in the first troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. They were deployed to support a U.S. mission against the Islamic State group, a U.S. Central Command statement said.

After the attack, U.S. Central Command announced that two servicemembers were killed and another was missing. The following day, the military command said that troops found unidentified remains and that an examination process to verify the remains was underway.

Now, the Pentagon says that Rampersad is believed to be that missing soldier and her official status is now “Duty Status–Whereabouts Unknown” and she is “believed to be deceased.”

Rampersad belonged to the same unit as Gonzales — the 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command based in Ansbach, Germany.

Also, a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was identified as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family.

Swinton will receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge, and will be promoted to staff sergeant. The Army said it was investigating the circumstances of his death Sunday at an air base in Irbil.

He leaves behind a 6-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter, his mother said.

“I will never recover from this,” his wife, Mia Gonzalez-Swinton, posted Monday on Facebook. “We had so many plans for when you got back, I’m sick to my stomach.” She said she was notified Sunday that he had been killed.

Two U.S. Army soldiers were also killed in Jordan last week while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. They were the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war.

His wife and kids were the center of his world, his mother, Christel Swinton Andujar, told The Associated Press.

“His legacy will live on through the countless lives he touched, the laughter he shared, the strength he gave others, and the unconditional love he poured into his family,” she said via text message. “He will forever be missed, forever honored, and forever our hero.”

Swinton enlisted in the Army in 2017 and was assigned to the 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

He lived in Spring Lake, a popular off-base location for Fort Bragg families, according to public records. The military gave his hometown as Fayetteville, another nearby community.

“Sgt. Swinton was an experienced noncommissioned officer who took great pride in his work and the people around him,” said Brig. Gen. John L. Dawber, commanding general of the Army Air and Missile Defense Command. “He answered the call to duty with courage, honor, and selfless dedication.”

Renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran is now in its 10th day, with both sides launching barrages of strikes. Iran has attacked U.S. allies in the region, and American soldiers are stationed across the Middle East.

Iranian authorities say U.S. strikes in just the past three weeks have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 500 others.

Both sides have targeted civilian infrastructure relied on by millions of people. Workers on ships, as well as foreign workers and others in Gulf nations, Israel and Lebanon have also died in the conflict.

The U.S. State Department said in a new warning to Americans that “Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world.”

U.S. President Donald Trump has said the war is necessary to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Trump, a Republican, now faces political pressure to bring the war to a close and avoid the kind of prolonged Middle East conflict he had campaigned against. The escalation has pushed oil prices higher in recent weeks.

This story was corrected to show Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton died Sunday, not Saturday, as earlier reported by the military.

Collins reported from Hartford, Connecticut.

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas. (U.S. Army via AP)

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command shows 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan. (U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command via AP)

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, shows Army Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton. (U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command via AP)

American flags fly above the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)