Africa News

F5.5G – the next big leap
in broadband

The recent Africa Broadband Forum 2024 in Cape Town explored strategies for expanding fibre infrastructure and...

Data centres are
reshaping Africa

ADC aims to redefine the role of these giant facilities in Africa, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

MIND Institute set to transform AI in Africa

Wits University this week launched the Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery Institute, a research hub aimed...

Africa Tech Festival: MTN profits fall, but speed surges

A demonstration of 5.5G last week had jaws dropping as data speeds reached 8.6Gbps, writes ARTHUR...

Africa Tech Festival: Defining moment for African telecoms

At an event in Cape Town last week, ministers committed to inclusive and sustainable development in...

Internet traffic at Africa
peering point surges

NAPAfrica reaches 4.5Tbps data throughput as peering ecosystem expands with new members like Tencent and Mimecast.

How AI speeds sustainability in Africa

AI presents a unique opportunity to overcome challenges and achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, writes...

AI will soon sound
like Africa

Language models from Lelapa and Botlhale, and the launch of an AI institute at Wits University,...

Angola Cables hits record data traffic from Africa

Digital content consumption, rapid expansion of cloud computing and rising demand for high-speed connectivity is driving...

TV is big in Africa – and
getting bigger

South Africa leads the continent in screen size, Sony MD for MEA Jobin Joejoe tells ARTHUR...

Where to Invest in
Africa in 2024

A new RMB report highlights Africa’s top investment economies, taking into account changing geopolitical and macroeconomic...

Africa set to create
3.3m ‘green’ jobs

A new study forecasts massive job creation potential for 12 'green' sub-sectors in Africa by 2030,...

Data centres boost
African cloud

The expansion of Africa Data Centres' Cape Town facility is part of an Africa-wide phenomenon, writes...

Startup Accelerator Africa names 8th cohort

Ten startups from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa have been selected from nearly 1,000 applications...

Africa Data Centres
boosts Cape Town capacity

Three new state-of-the-art halls take ADC's Plumstead campus to 6MW, double the current IT load.

Nigerian graphic novel turns into streaming series

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series of the same name, 'Iyanu' will launch on Cartoon...

AWS high tech casts a Halo over landmines

AI, machine learning and cloud computing is helping clear minefields, from Angola to Ukraine, writes ARTHUR...