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Africa has attracted major investment into subsea cables, data centres and cloud infrastructure. But digital buildout will depend on how effectively these assets are connected - and whether capacity can…
Africa’s young population, rising internet use and rapid digitisation make a compelling case for more digital infrastructure. But investors financing data centres, fibre and cloud capacity need more than potential:…
Africa’s growing digital economy is creating demand for data centres and AI infrastructure, but demand alone will not bring global capital. As investment accelerates worldwide, African cities must compete on…
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 digital platforms can cross borders instantly. Its payment, identity, data and regulatory systems must now learn to do the same. A customer sending money from Nigeria to Kenya sees…
African governments want greater control over strategic data and a larger share of the cloud economy. Achieving both will require more than directing data to remain within national borders. As…
The ambition to establish an African Digital Single Market raises an immediate question: must every country adopt the same digital laws before businesses, data and services can move efficiently across…
Africa has established important continental frameworks for digital trade, data governance, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. To succeed, the continent must turn those commitments into interoperable systems that work across national…
Africa’s digital infrastructure story has often been told through the language of connectivity: more subsea cables, more fiber routes, more mobile broadband, more internet exchange points, and more last-mile access.…