Telco leaders outline playbook to turn subsea capacity into last-mile coverage in Africa.

Africa has abundant subsea bandwidth at its shores but struggles to move bits from the beach to businesses and homes inland. That was the message from industry leaders at the…

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Beyond Infrastructure – Can Africa close the enterprise execution gap?

Africa’s digital economy is filled with new fiber, data centers, and cloud platforms, but many enterprises still struggle to convert that available capacity into results. That was the takeaway from the Enterprise IT…

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Bankable or not?  Bringing long-term capital to Africa’s digital buildout.

Africa’s digital transformation won’t be decided by technology alone but by the availability of long-term, patient capital to fund fiber, data centers, and cloud infrastructure. That was the message from the…

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After leapfrogging mobility – can Africa get AI-ready?

Africa’s next technology surge will be measured in data, compute, and skills - not SIM cards, stressed a high-level panel at Hyperscalers Convergence Africa 2025, asking whether the continent can pivot from mobile-first success to…

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Nigeria requires $10 billion annually to tackle energy poverty – experts.

The Africa Energy Conference 2025, held at the Lagos Business School, convened policymakers, investors, and industry executives to address one of Africa’s most pressing development challenges: delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy to a…

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Power ‘No Longer a Problem’ for African Data Centers.

Nigeria’s data-center leaders say power generation is no longer the biggest obstacle to scaling digital infrastructure - reliability and distribution are. That was the consensus at the Hyperscalers Convergence Africa conference in Lagos, where industry…

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