South Africa is positioning itself to play a larger role in Africa’s growing artificial intelligence infrastructure ecosystem through a strategic partnership between Stratos Lab, ECOBLOX and Digital Parks Africa. The collaboration will see the deployment of what the partners describe as Africa’s most powerful AI Cloud, delivering 7.2 EFLOPS of sovereign AI computing capacity. The…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is urging Nigerian public institutions to prioritise homegrown digital solutions and adopt a “Nigeria First” approach in technology procurement. NITDA Director-General Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi said modernising public procurement should extend beyond administrative processes, describing it as a mechanism for building resilient public institutions, enforcing rigorous technology standards and…
Members of the Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) Board have commended the rapid growth and achievements of Safaricom Ethiopia during the company’s first five years of operations in the Ethiopian telecommunications market. The recognition came during a town hall session with Safaricom Ethiopia employees, where board members and senior leadership reviewed the company’s progress, key…
Cassava Technologies has announced that its Cassava AI Factory has been ranked 36th globally in the latest TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, highlighting the growing availability of advanced artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in Africa. The company said the ranking reflects the continent’s increasing capacity to support AI development, with the Cassava AI…
Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Cameroon’s digital transformation, identifying interoperability, digital identity and secure data exchange as key pillars of the country’s emerging digital public infrastructure. The commitment was made during the Internet Governance Forum of Cameroon (FGI Cameroon 2026), which concluded on August 20 following three days of discussions on…
Egypt is positioning its technology and business services offshoring sector as a major driver of economic growth, foreign direct investment, service exports and skilled employment, with the industry increasingly shifting toward higher-value digital services powered by Generative AI. Supported by policy frameworks from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the Information Technology…
Sinazongwe Town Council in Zambia’s Southern Province has received a digital infrastructure upgrade aimed at improving public service delivery, strengthening connectivity and reducing the digital divide in the province. The e-Government Division of the SMART Zambia Institute has deployed high-speed internet, advanced communication systems and modern ICT equipment at the council as part of Zambia’s…
Revolut has launched Revolut Research, a dedicated division within its broader AI Department focused on developing next-generation machine learning architecture for financial services. With more than 80 million retail customers across over 40 markets, Revolut said the new division will provide a unified foundation for its proprietary AI deployments and machine learning initiatives. The unit…
