The DRC’s €8B National Digital Plan 2026-2030 targets 30,000 towers and fibre backbone. Analysis of the €6.5B financing gap and what it means for investors.
DRC’s €8B Digital Plan: Towers, Cables — and a €6.5 Billion Funding Gap
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Africa’s AI Compute Gap: Why African Developers Pay 3x More to Build with AI
Africa’s AI developers face a 2.5–3x effective compute cost premium: no training-grade GPUs in most African regions, currency risk on dollar billing, and latency overhead. The continent’s landmark compute initiatives have not yet delivered.
Kenya’s AI Bill Would Require Pre-Deployment Approval. Here’s What That Means for 600+ Tech Companies.
Kenya AI Bill 2026 compliance guide: pre-deployment approval, high-risk AI categories, criminal liability, and what 600+ tech companies in Nairobi must do now.
Wise Gets Its Own Rails in Nigeria: What a Long-Awaited IMTO Licence Means for the UK-Nigeria Remittance Corridor
Wise secures IMTO licence from CBN. Analysis of what direct rails mean for the $3.5B UK-Nigeria remittance corridor and the fintechs that have owned it.
Tanzania’s Contactless First: Why Africa’s Underreported Payments Market Just Beat Kenya to Tap-to-Pay
Tanzania is not the African fintech market that makes headlines. That distinction has long belonged to Nigeria, with its scale and regulatory turbulence…
Africa’s $2 Billion Surveillance Blind Spot: 11 Governments, AI Policing Systems, and the Laws That Don’t Apply
Eleven African governments collectively spent more than $2 billion on AI-powered surveillance systems built on Huawei and ZTE infrastructure, financed by…
Nigeria’s Fintech Regulatory Commission Bill: A Fourth Body Nobody Asked For
Nigeria’s House of Representatives held a public hearing on March 2, 2026 on HB.2389 — the Nigerian Fintech Regulatory Commission Bill. The bill proposes…
Africa’s Developer Stack: How the Compliance Wave Is Finally Giving Local Tools an Edge
African regulators have made compliance a moat that San Francisco cannot cross. How the CBN liveness mandate, NITDA AI standards, and Kenya’s ODPC enforcement are reshaping the developer tooling market.
East Africa’s New Data Landlords: Gulf Capital, Digital Sovereignty, and Who Controls the Backbone
Gulf capital is building East Africa’s digital backbone — cable systems, data centres, and what it means for regional digital sovereignty.
Africa’s LLM Localisation Race: Who Will Own the African Language Stack?
Africa LLM localisation race — who is building African language AI, what the ownership models look like, and why the stakes are structural.