Amplifying African Narratives
A reported plan to list Airtel Money in London at about $10 billion would test global investor appetite for African mobile-finance infrastructure.
The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone are evaluating additional submarine-cable capacity to strengthen digital resilience and reduce the impact of…
The Africa Trade Gateway has completed its first Southern African energy-sector transaction, facilitating a US$5.3 million gasoil trade involving a Zimbabwean importer.
Afreximbank and South Africa’s IDC have signed a three-year agreement to support an US$8 billion industrial development and intra-African trade programme.
The IMF says some of Africa’s strongest AI gains could come from agriculture, healthcare, education and public services rather than frontier technology…
The IMF says Africa’s AI gains will remain limited without reliable electricity, affordable connectivity, compute infrastructure, relevant data and stronger digital skills.
The IMF estimates that about 77% of jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa have limited exposure to current AI, reducing immediate disruption but also…
The IMF says stronger AI adoption could add nearly half a percentage point to annual growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, but only if…
UNESCO says Kenyan regulators and civil-society organisations are refining a coordinated framework for digital-platform governance, following technical workshops held in June and…
Côte d’Ivoire has launched a digital platform to centralise private investment reporting. Its success will depend on whether better data leads to…