Africa's Tech Future, Today.
Building consumer software applications alone is insufficient to support sustained digital growth across Africa. Unlocking the continent's digital economic potential requires substantial investment in core foundation layers, including broadband connectivity, energy grid reliability, data centre capacity, and regulatory harmonization.
Spiro's Ghana launch puts 100 Ekon electric motorcycles and two-minute battery swaps on Accra's roads, with savings of up to $2 a day promised to riders.
The Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy has named 10 semi-finalists from Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Egypt and Nigeria. A $1 million grand prize is at stake.
Nithio's investment takes the MAX Series B3 round to $29 million. The Nigerian EV financing firm says it is now profitable in its largest market, Nigeria.
UK firm FiveNines has been appointed to lead development of a 20MW AI data centre near Casablanca, the first piece of Nexus Core Systems' planned 180MW, renewable-powered AI Factory in Morocco.
Across Africa, approximately 906 million people live within reach of mobile broadband networks but remain offline. The persistent digital divide has shifted from physical network coverage to barriers surrounding device affordability, digital skills, electricity reliability, and transaction trust.
Rising Tide Africa has led a 1 million dollar investment round in Nigerian clean technology enterprise Ororo Waste. The capital injection will accelerate the collection and processing of used cooking oil for conversion into sustainable aviation fuel and industrial biofuels.
An ambitious venture aiming to operate orbital data centres has secured $8 million in capital funding. The project seeks to address growing terrestrial energy constraints by leveraging space-based solar power to process demanding artificial intelligence workloads.
Unreliable electricity does not only raise costs. It shapes what applications can be built, and most engineering advice written elsewhere quietly assumes it away.
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