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African governments want more investment in fibre, data centres and digital infrastructure. But operators say securing a licence can be only the beginning of a much herculean journey through multiple…
Africa should continue developing its own models and research capabilities. But its most immediate commercial opportunity lies in deploying artificial intelligence to solve local problems - not competing immediately in…
Africa’s artificial-intelligence plans will ultimately depend on a physical system of electricity, cooling, connectivity and resilient data centres. Without that foundation, announcements of new models and computing capacity will remain…
Africa’s AI infrastructure challenge is not simply a shortage of capital. Investors need credible customers, predictable demand and contracts showing how computing capacity will be used and paid for. Until…
The failure of a major fixed-wireless supplier is more than a procurement problem. For African ISPs already squeezed by currency weakness, spectrum costs, thin margins and aggressive competition from mobile…
Abuja has introduced a new cloud policy designed to bring more workloads, infrastructure and investment onshore. Power, connectivity and credible customer demand will determine whether the plan succeeds. Nigeria has…
As fintech companies mature, cloud economics, cybersecurity and regulatory pressures are beginning to shape which businesses can scale sustainably. Africa’s enterprise and fintech industry was built on an attractive proposition:…
Africa’s digital economy increasingly depends on infrastructure most people never see: the submarine cables lying across ocean floors, carrying the data that powers cloud services, payments, government systems, streaming platforms,…
Africa has spent the past decade building the visible layers of the internet: subsea cables, terrestrial fiber, Internet Exchange Points, data centers, cloud points of presence and national broadband plans.…
Africa’s internet story is usually told through visible infrastructure: new subsea cables, more terrestrial fiber, expanding data centers, Internet Exchange Points, cloud points of presence and rising broadband adoption. By…