Category: Investment

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has called for increased investment in connectivity, compute infrastructure and digital talent to accelerate Nigeria’s digital transformation. Inuwa made the call at the National Digital Connectivity Investment Forum convened by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), where he described connectivity as foundational infrastructure…

The Vodacom Foundation has appointed a new seven-member board to accelerate its ambition of positively impacting 50 million lives across Africa by 2030. The board, chaired by renowned economist and former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Dr Vera Songwe, will guide the foundation’s shift towards scalable, digitally enabled programmes across connected health, connected education and digital skilling….

Huawei has unveiled a suite of new artificial intelligence infrastructure, cloud services and partner capabilities designed to help governments and enterprises deploy AI at scale. The announcements were made at Huawei Connect 2026 in Shanghai, held from September 17 to 19 under the theme “Advancing the Agentic World,” and combine Huawei Cloud’s latest AI infrastructure…

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has engaged the Blantyre City Assembly on a proposed Smart City Surveillance Initiative aimed at using artificial intelligence and communications infrastructure to strengthen security and urban management in the city. MACRA Director General Dr Mayamiko Nkoloma said the proposed project would involve installing AI-powered smart cameras capable of detecting…

Salesforce and Innovation City have announced the deployment of Salesforce Agentforce to streamline business registration services at Innovation City in the UAE. The companies describe the implementation as the world’s first AI-powered registration platform of its kind, combining Salesforce’s AI capabilities with Innovation City’s digital ecosystem to help businesses access services and complete registration processes…