Across Africa, large-scale infrastructure projects are transforming economies at an unprecedented pace. Between 2010 and 2022, African ports captured an outsized share of global port investment – $13 billion, concentrated heavily in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, and Ghana. Ports, railways and energy systems are widely framed as the backbone of this growth:…
Johan Potgieter, cluster industrial software lead at Schneider Electric. Digital twin technology has evolved from a static design visualisation tool into a full life cycle asset intelligence platform, according to technology professionals, who say the technology can help reduce delays and cost overruns on major infrastructure projects. Major capital works such as transport corridors, water…
Cabinet ministers, Permanent Secretaries and heads of government agencies have concluded an inspection tour of key oil, gas and Africa Cup of Nations 2027 projects in the Bunyoro sub-region, expressing satisfaction with the pace of implementation. The delegation, led by Vice President Jessica Alupo, began its field visit at Hoima City Stadium on Saturday before…
The future of AI in South Africa won’t be decided in far-off hyperscale clouds, but in local, distributed infrastructure closer to where data is created and used. While global headlines fixate on model sizes and GPU counts, a quieter revolution is taking place at the network’s edge: one that’s turning AI from a distant promise…
Windhoek, Namibia. (Image: Vertiv) Vertiv (NYSE:VRT), which positions itself as a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, today announced it is powering Namibia’s first private mobile network built on LTE and 5G technologies for pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus. The deployment marks a major milestone in the country’s digital evolution and Paratus Namibia’s…
The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Clement Abas Apaak, has called on African governments to dedicate up to two percent of their annual GDP to digital infrastructure development. According to him, Africa’s digital ambitions would not only remain difficult to achieve, but a mirage without substantial investment in infrastructure capable of supporting innovation and technological…
An 86-year-old woman misplaces her phone and spends a week offline. She loses access to calls and messages, as well as contact with her family and the routines she has built over time. When connectivity is restored, her connection to daily life returns with it. This story reflects a wider reality across Africa. Digital connectivity…
As natural outbreaks, laboratory accidents and the deliberate misuse of biological agents converge into an increasingly complex threat environment, Africa’s ability to prevent, detect and respond will depend on a sustained investment in the people capable of doing so. At least three weeks passed between the first deaths in Ituri province and laboratory confirmation of…
For years, African enterprises have faced a unique scissor gap: the urgent demand for digital transformation on one side, and the reality of unstable power grids, high cross-border bandwidth costs and a localised shortage of AI expertise on the other. In this context, pursuing outright ownership of underlying compute capacity risks trapping enterprises in a…
AI Everything Kenya X GITEX Kenya opened Tuesday, May 19, at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi, anchoring a wider East African conversation about who will build, fund and regulate artificial intelligence across the region as governments, investors and technology firms converge to stake their claim in Africa’s digital future. Powered by the 45-year legacy…
