Datacentres: Africa’s future is bright

The world’s major datacentres have been typically centralised at several key points across the globe like Virginia in US, London in the UK and in others such as Japan, Hong Kong China, and Singapore. Together, these datacentre locations account for a substantial...

Fintech could fast track financial inclusion in Africa

The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 by the World Bank Group showed an unprecedented surge in economic inclusion programmes worldwide. Survey data showed that inclusion programmes were underway in at least 75 countries reaching approximately 20-million...

How can Africa’s energy transition align with development ambitions?

With renewable energy cheaper and faster to bring to market than ever before, there is an understandable global push for countries to make the transition away from fossil fuels. By Martin Soderberg, partner at Spear Capital That’s as true for Africa as it is for...

Unlocking the value of big data in Africa

The fourth industrial revolution is exciting. It would be even more so if it could be more aggressively leveraged in Africa; Two of the essential components and assets in 4IR are data and data analytics. We need to know how these can be used to support the growth,...

Africa Data Centres opens 10MW Lagos facility

Africa Data Centres has opened its new 10MW data centre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data Centres, describes Nigeria as one of the company’s key markets as there is a rapidly-growing demand for data centres in the region, which is...

IATF 2021 ends with commitment to strengthen the AfCFTA

The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2021) ended on Sunday in Durban, with a collective commitment to ensure that the economic stimulation triggered by the event translates into the continued strengthening of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)....