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Africa: World Bank Supports Uganda’s Cities and Municipalities to Build Climate-Smart Infrastructure and Create Jobs

eriinfo.com1 hour ago04 mins

Kampala — The World Bank Board has approved a six-year urban development program to improve the management of cities and municipalities and expand access to climate-smart infrastructure, services, and jobs for urban residents and displaced populations in refugee-hosting areas. The Uganda Cities and Municipalities Infrastructure Development (UCMID) program will support 10 cities, 26 municipalities, and…

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Africa: Littlefish Raises $9.5m to Scale Merchant Infrastructure Across Africa

eriinfo.com3 days ago03 mins

littlefish raised $9.5 million in a Series A round to expand its merchant operating system across African markets. The round was led by Partech, with participation from TLcom Capital, Flourish Ventures and Proparco. Founded in 2021 by Brandon Roberts and Miod Davith Kahwa, the company provides a platform that connects banks with merchants by integrating…

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Africa: 57 Percent Construction Talent Gap, Slows Down Africa’s Infrastructure Boom

eriinfo.com7 days ago08 mins

Sub-Saharan Africa’s construction sector is entering a crucial transformational periods. At the centre of this transformation is the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a continent-wide initiative designed to close critical infrastructure gaps by 2040 through more than 400 priority projects spanning energy, transport, ICT, and transboundary water systems. With over $360 billion committed,…

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Africa: Interswitch Advocates Trust-Driven Infrastructure, Collaboration to Boost Africa’s Payment System

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago02 mins

Interswitch Group, has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing a seamless and inclusive financial ecosystem across the African continent by advocating for a trust-driven infrastructure that will boost Africa’s cross-border payment. The company made the call during its recently concluded Inclusive Fintech Forum 2026, which held at the Kigali Convention Centre, in Rwanda. Speaking during the…

Trump says U.S. ‘obliterated’ military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island but didn’t ‘wipe out’ oil infrastructure

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs Pbc | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he directed the U.S. Central Command to carry out a bombing raid, hitting military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island. “Moments ago, at my direction, the United…

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Africa: Powering Africa’s digital future – Why energy infrastructure is the foundation of the intelligent era

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago010 mins

At Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026, the theme “Data, Compute & Energy: the power equation of the AI era ” captured a reality the digital economy can no longer ignore. Amid the global race to digitalize economies and strengthen economic competitiveness, a paradox is emerging. Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services are often perceived…

Data centre ‘critical infrastructure’ tag welcomed, but detail still thin

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

South Africa’s data centre industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s move to designate data centres as critical infrastructure, though key details – including what incentives will be offered and how the policy will be implemented – remain unclear. As TechCentral reported on Wednesday, finance minister Enoch Godongwana used his budget speech to place data centre…

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Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility Launched to Strengthen Continental Financial Sovereignty

eriinfo.com1 month ago08 mins

African Heads of State and Government on February 14, 2025, formally launched the Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIFF), a coordinated, Africa-led platform designed to accelerate the preparation and facilitation of financing for priority cross-border infrastructure projects aligned with Agenda 2063. The launch took place during the Third Presidential High-Level Dialogue of the Alliance of African…

Digital trust is critical infrastructure for Africa’s digital future

eriinfo.com1 month ago08 mins

Marcelo Vieira, Partner, KPMG South Africa and Darren Lentz, Digital Trust Lead, KPMG. Digital trust is the invisible contract that lets people, businesses and governments rely on digital systems for critical interactions. Without it, digital public infrastructure (DPI) – the shared digital rails for payments, identity and data exchange – cannot scale or deliver the…

Nvidia secures multiyear megadeal to power Meta’s AI infrastructure

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Nvidia has announced a massive multiyear agreement to supply Meta Platforms with millions of its high-performance artificial intelligence chips. The deal covers a broad spectrum of Nvidia’s hardware, including the current Blackwell architecture and the forthcoming Rubin AI chips. Crucially, the agreement also includes Nvidia’s Grace and Vera central processing units (CPUs), signalling a direct…