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How GERD and Webuild Are Powering Africa’s AI Infrastructure

Africa’s artificial intelligence conversation is often framed around talent pipelines, datasets, startups, and algorithms. These are important—but they are not foundational. Every serious AI economy, without exception, rests on abundant,…

Martina Jebet August 19, 2026

Regional Tech Trade

The Consumer Goods Giant That Quietly Conquered African Markets

Softcare Limited, the consumer hygiene arm of Sunda Group, built a multi-billion-dollar business selling diapers, ceramics, and household goods to African families. Its rise offers a window into both the…

Martina Jebet August 14, 2026

Artificial Intelligence and Compute

South Africa Is Africa’s Compute Anchor

South Africa controls 70% of Africa's data center capacity but holds just 1% of global AI compute. That gap isn't a weakness — it's the continent's largest untapped digital frontier.…

Martina Jebet April 10, 2026

Regional Tech Trade

China-Africa Trade and Technology

China's economic and technological relationship with Africa is the most consequential geopolitical story of the 21st century — and most people still underestimate it. In 2024, trade between China and…

Martina Jebet April 9, 2026

Strategic Minerals

The Copperbelt Pivot: Africa’s Rise from Resource Prize to Market Maker (2026)

The road to 2030 doesn’t run through Silicon Valley; it runs through a 1,200km stretch of red dust in the Central African Copperbelt. While Washington and Beijing remain locked in…

Martina Jebet April 7, 2026

Artificial Intelligence and Compute

AI In Healthcare Across Sub-Saharan Africa

The decade of the "promising pilot" is over. In 2026, the narrative of AI in African healthcare has shifted from aspirational headlines to verifiable, population-level impact. As the continent faces…

Martina Jebet April 6, 2026

A futuristic digital overlay of AI data nodes across a panoramic view of Nairobi's Silicon Savannah, representing the growth of artificial intelligence in Africa 2026.

Artificial Intelligence and Compute

The Rise of AI in Africa: A 2026 Tracker

As the global race for compute heats up, artificial intelligence in Africa is hitting a critical inflection point in 2026. A homegrown revolution is bridging the gap through Small Language…

Martina Jebet April 5, 2026

Stylized illustration showing African connectivity and digital inclusion through advanced language technology and AI.

Artificial Intelligence and Compute

African Language LLMs: Who Is Building Them

The global race for Artificial Intelligence dominance is accelerating, and a critical frontier is emerging: African Language LLMs. While mainstream AI models have long prioritized high-resource languages like English and…

Martina Jebet April 4, 2026

Infographic illustration showing the physical supply chain of African minerals used in AI, linking raw cobalt, lithium, and copper to advanced AI data center hardware.

Artificial Intelligence and Compute Strategic Minerals

African Minerals Used In AI Supply Chain

The "intelligence" of a Large Language Model is often discussed as something ethereal—a cloud-based miracle of code and logic. Yet, the physical infrastructure required to sustain the AI revolution is…

Martina Jebet April 3, 2026

Artificial Intelligence and Compute

Why African AI startups can’t access GPU compute

Despite 18% of the world's population, Africa holds less than 1% of global data center capacity. For founders in Lagos, Nairobi, and Cairo, the AI race is not a battle…

Martina Jebet April 2, 2026