WIOCC’s $300 Million Raise Puts Gulf and Development Capital Behind Africa’s AI Plumbing
The pan-African carrier’s biggest funding round yet will pay for data centres, open-access fibre and new subsea cable capacity. Washington…
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Buying AI or Building It: Nairobi’s Planned ETF and MEST’s Founder Programme Show Two Sides of Africa’s AI Bet
The Nairobi Securities Exchange wants to let Kenyans invest in global AI companies in shillings, while its chief warns of…
FIFAfrica26 is expected to shape Africa’s voice at WSIS+20 and the UN AI Governance Dialogue in New York in May 2027
Africa’s biggest internet freedom forum has just closed. Its organisers say the conversations will feed into global digital governance, with…
Two Offers, One Continent: Beijing and Seoul Court Africa’s AI Future
China’s proposed BRICS open-source AI community and South Korea’s K-AI Package arrived within days of each other. They offer African…