UAE commits $1bn to Africa’s AI infrastructure push.
The United Arab Emirates has announced a $1 billion commitment to build AI infrastructure across Africa, in what officials describe as a major effort to boost access to computing power,…
The United Arab Emirates has announced a $1 billion commitment to build AI infrastructure across Africa, in what officials describe as a major effort to boost access to computing power,…
OpenAI will require roughly $207 billion in additional financing by 2030 to meet its long-term data-center and hardware commitments, according to new analysis from HSBC’s US software and services team.…
When Meta and its consortium partners confirmed the core completion of the 2Africa subsea cable system, the announcement reverberated far beyond the engineering world. At 45,000 kilometers (inclusive of the…
Ghana approves “Dig Once” Policy for fiber rollout. Ghana’s government has approved a sweeping new “Dig Once” policy that will require fiber-optic ducts to be built into all new road…
Two of Nigeria’s most influential digital economy leaders - Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Mr. Tony Izuagbe Emoekpere, President of the Association…
Africa Hyperscalers convened a high-level virtual forum that brought together the most influential voices shaping the continent’s digital future — from national regulators and telecom operators to cloud providers, hyperscalers,…
At the Reliability, Efficiency & Scalability: Enhancing Sustainable Infrastructure for the Modern Data Center session at Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town last week, industry leaders urged African operators to…
Across our events - from Hyperscalers Convergence Africa to stakeholder sessions and investor roundtables - one word keeps resurfacing: bankability, the quiet, unglamorous test of whether a project can attract long-term…
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi CCIE, reaffirmed Nigeria’s leadership in shaping Africa’s digital future during a series of high-level engagements held on the sidelines of…
Wingu Africa has entered a strategic partnership with Africa Data Centres, creating an extensive cross-regional data-center interconnection arrangement. The deal links Wingu Africa’s Tier III facilities in Djibouti, Ethiopia, and…