Africa’s Missing Middle
Africa has more international bandwidth than at any point in its history. New submarine cables have expanded capacity, created new landing points and improved the continent’s access to global internet…
Africa has more international bandwidth than at any point in its history. New submarine cables have expanded capacity, created new landing points and improved the continent’s access to global internet…
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’s digital economy needs fewer borders, stronger trust systems and better digital infrastructure if the continent is to unlock the full promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area, speakers…
For many African enterprises, the fear of being visible on the internet has become a barrier to becoming properly routed on the internet. Banks, universities, government agencies, hospitals, fintech platforms…
African companies have spent years digitising the visible parts of their operations: mobile apps, customer portals, cloud workloads, payment systems, data links, cybersecurity teams and digital-transformation road maps. African financial…
Africa’s digital infrastructure debate is often dominated by the expensive elements: subsea cables, national backbones, metro fiber, data centers, cloud regions, power plants and, increasingly, AI-ready compute. These are all…
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…
The surge of investment in artificial intelligence across the global telecom industry may not last indefinitely. While AI currently dominates boardroom conversations and industry conferences, some telecom leaders caution that…
Africa’s digital economy is growing fast. Bandwidth is expanding, data centers are being commissioned, cloud platforms are multiplying, and digital payments now move trillions of dollars across the continent each…
Nigeria’s internet exchange ecosystem is preparing for a significant expansion in capacity, services, and governance as it positions itself to accommodate rising traffic from global content providers and deepen participation…