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From phones to fibre: How Africa’s hardware strategy quietly shifted in 2025
17+ hour, 8+ min ago (646+ words) My Life In Tech Priced between $130 and $190, Mara's devices struggled against cheaper Chinese and Korean alternatives in a market where smartphone penetration hovered around 15%. Despite creating skilled jobs and proving technical capability, the project ultimately buckled under global price competition....
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – South Africans are buying more cars
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (604+ words) My Life In Tech Francophone Weekly by TechCabal, our latest newsletter, will resume on January 13. If you're new here, it's where you receive bite-sized analyses of the Francophone region, presented as clear insights and actionable steps for investors, financial institutions,…...
How Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti are building Africa’s overlooked digital powerhouses
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (739+ words) My Life In Tech Their progress challenges long-held assumptions about where digital markets can take root and signals a change in how economic activity may spread across East Africa. Three Horn of Africa states are building digital systems under pressure…...
Inside the long, painful fall of NITEL and ntel’s shot at redemption
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1083+ words) NITEL was established in 1985 through the merger of two government entities: the telecommunications arm of the Post & Telegraph (P&T) and Nigerian External Communications (NET). According to Chief Ezekiel Fatoye, former Executive Director, Zonal Administration at NITEL and Multi-Links, the merger…...
This hub thinks Africa’s future will be written by AI agents
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (900+ words) Image source: Cortex Hub Cortex Hub, the South African accelerator turning 15 next year, is launching its most ambitious program yet: a continent-wide hackathon inviting 40 African cities to build homegrown AI agents'systems capable of acting autonomously with minimal human input. The…...
Can Sedna's $287,000 hub keep Africa’s mines and ports online?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (624+ words) Image source: Sedna Africa When we think of Africa's digital transformation, it's usually about smartphones, mobile data, and apps. But the real story may be unfolding in mines, ports, and factories, where connectivity is powering the continent's biggest industries. The…...
Starlink halts new orders in Lagos, Abuja over congestion
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (276+ words) Starlink has paused new orders for its residential internet kits in some parts of Lagos and Abuja over network congestion. Starlink pauses new orders in parts of Lagos and Abuja over network congestion Starlink has paused new orders for its…...
Is nuclear power the answer to Africa’s AI ambitions?
4+ mon, 20+ hour ago (552+ words) Cet article est aussi disponible en fran'ais First published 7 Sept, 2025 At two gatherings in Abuja and Lagos last week, MTN Nigeria chief executive Karl Toriola made an unusual case for Africa's digital future. If the continent wants to keep pace…...
Why Visa is building its first African data centre in South Africa
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (714+ words) Image source: Africa Fintech Summit On July 23, 2025, Visa opened its first African data centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. For the global payments giant, this is more than an infrastructure play'it's part of a $1 billion bet on financial inclusion, digital innovation,…...
CSquared bets $125m on fibre superhighways across Africa
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (545+ words) Yet the scale of the task is staggering. Africa's population of 1.4 billion remains only partially online. Internet penetration hovers between 35% and 48% in many regions, leaving hundreds of millions unconnected. In West Africa alone, home to 15 countries and over 110 million people,…...