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Africa will need more than 700 data centers to support the continent’s emerging digital trade architecture under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), according to H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General…
Africa has built more digital infrastructure over the past decade than at any point in its history, yet the continent continues to capture only a small share of global compute…
Africa’s digital infrastructure footprint is expanding rapidly, yet its position in the global compute landscape is weakening. Over the past two years, the continent’s share of global compute capacity has…
Across much of Africa, the constraint on data center and cloud expansion is no longer connectivity. It is demand. The continent’s digital infrastructure base is larger than it has ever…
The conflict between the United States and Iran is widely described as the war no one wants. Neither side benefits from a prolonged confrontation, and the broader global economy certainly…
In the heart of Lagos, a Nigerian fintech company clears millions of transactions each day. The customers are African. The merchants are African. The capital circulates within African banks. But…
Africa’s digital economy is advancing rapidly. Governments across the continent are rolling out broadband strategies, announcing data-center pipelines, refining cloud policies, and, increasingly, publishing artificial-intelligence road maps. Yet a persistent…
The Regional Executive argues that data sovereignty, power reform, and execution discipline will determine whether Africa captures value in the next digital cycle. Africa’s digital future will not be decided…
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Shoyinka Shodunke as Executive: IT Core Design and Delivery, effective March 1, 2026. In this role, the former Group CIO now carries group-wide…
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…