Davos 2026: Africa’s AI moment Is an infrastructure test
Davos 2026 shows the continent’s AI ambitions will rise or fall on data centers, power systems and bankable policy. OpenAI arrived in Davos selling more than chatbots. In a new…
Davos 2026 shows the continent’s AI ambitions will rise or fall on data centers, power systems and bankable policy. OpenAI arrived in Davos selling more than chatbots. In a new…
Amazon’s entry into Nigeria’s satellite broadband market has generated considerable attention, and for good reason. Yet much of the debate has focused narrowly on Kuiper as a satellite connectivity play,…
The government of Chad has approved a €175.1 million ($204.7 million) investment to develop a National Data Center and expand the country’s fiber-optic and wireless networks, marking one of its…
A policy signal emerging from the United States this week offers a revealing preview of a debate Africa has not yet fully confronted: who pays to power the digital economy.…
A projected $3 trillion global investment surge into data centers by 2030 is not a speculative bubble but a structural realignment of digital infrastructure capital, according to new forecasts by…
Helios Investment Partners has completed the sale of its 75 percent equity stake in Axxela Limited to BlueCore Gas InfraCo Limited, a consortium of Nigerian and international energy players that…
xAI’s push toward nearly 2GW of compute capacity is more than a headline about scale; it marks how AI has shifted from a software race to an industrial infrastructure contest…
As artificial intelligence continues to dominate global technology conversations, a new initiative is helping African entrepreneurs move beyond awareness to real-world application. The Pitch Hub, a Ghana-based, West African-focused entrepreneurship…
Finnfund has appointed Susan Mbatia as Senior Investment Manager in its Digital Infrastructure and Solutionsteam, strengthening its investment capacity in one of the fastest-growing segments of emerging-market finance. She will…
At the start of each year, we share our outlook on what lies ahead for Africa’s digital infrastructure ecosystem. This forecast blends advocacy and evidence - what we believe must happen to…