Technology
Raxio Secures $380 Million to Expand Africa’s Data Centers
Raxio Group has secured more than US$380 million in committed capital to expand its network of data centers across multiple African markets.
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Africa's push for Digital Sovereignty
Africa is pushing to control its own data, through shared frameworks, local AI models, education programs, and tighter regulation, to stop feeding foreign AI and start building its own.
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Women Leading Africa's Tech
A major shift is currently underway as women tech builders pivot away from elite software ecosystems to intentionally design products for this informal consumer base.
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Africa Pushes for AI Sovereignty and Digital Independence
Africa’s AI future is no longer being defined by who builds the best models alone, it is increasingly about who owns the data, infrastructure, and intellectual property behind them. As global competition over artificial intelligence intensifies, African policymakers and technology leaders are ...
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Billion-Dollar Sprint: African Startups Hit $1.3B Funding Momentum
Across Africa’s tech ecosystem, capital is accelerating at a pace that is beginning to reshape how the continent’s digital economy is structured. The latest figures showing African startups raising $1.3bn signal not just recovery in venture funding, but a deeper repositioning of where global..
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AI Outsourcing Shift Reshapes Africa’s Tech Workforce
Reports surfaced this week pointing to a significant transition across segments of Africa’s tech and digital outsourcing workforce. Emerging AI automation agents are increasingly handling tasks such as content moderation, remote data entry, basic customer support...
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Africa’s Data-Center Boom Signals a New Phase of Digital Transformation
Investment in data centers emerged as one of Africa’s most important technology stories this week, reflecting growing demand for the infrastructure powering the continent’s digital economy.
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Inside PwC’s Findings on Africa’s Growing AI Deployment Gap
A recent report by PwC highlighted that while several African markets are actively rolling out artificial intelligence pilots across sectors, there is still a major gap between experimentation and full-scale implementation.
Energy
Africa’s Energy Transformation and the Struggle for an Inclusive Future
The AFRICA ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE - 2026 themed “From Borders to Bridges” , have held conversations on this same matter. Whether the continent can connect its resources to its people, its markets to its industries, and its ambitions to implementation.
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3i Africa Fintech Summit Reinforces Accra’s Role as a Digital Finance Hub
Fintech in Africa is expanding quickly, but the conversation is increasingly about what is needed to sustain that growth. That framing shaped discussions at the 3i Africa Fintech Summit in Accra, where regulators, investors, founders, and institutions met to assess the sector’s current direction.
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Africa Cannot Afford to Build Slowly: The Case for Continental Digital Infrastructure as a Political Emergency
Forty-six percent, that is the share of African adults who remain entirely outside the formal financial system. Set it alongside the headline numbers the $2 trillion in mobile money transactions, the 66% share of global mobile money value and what you get is not a success story.
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Cassava Technologies and NVIDIA Plan AI Infrastructure Expansion in South Africa
A major artificial intelligence infrastructure project is under development near Johannesburg, where Cassava Technologies, in partnership with NVIDIA, is building what the companies describe as an “AI factory.”