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Africa Cloud Services Trends

Africa Cloud Services Trends

Cloud Service trend intelligence tracks cloud computing market trends, AI infrastructure demand, hybrid cloud adoption, edge deployment, platform competition, and data centre capacity pressure in Africa, giving readers a fuller view of the demand shifts, capacity constraints, platform strategies, capital timing, regulatory pressure, and operating assumptions behind the market.

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TerraPay links 15 African wallets to Alipay+ merchants

The deal would let users pay abroad with their existing wallets, but the first phase still depends on each wallet going live on the Alipay+ network.

Sep 11, 2026
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Africa Cloud Services Trends

MiMedia gains a channel, not 15 million cloud customers

The consumer-cloud platform is heading for Africell's four markets under a private-label deal. Commercial success depends on what subscribers actually use, and what that use costs to serve.

Sep 9, 2026
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Nigeria Bets Federal Cloud Buying Power Can Anchor an Open Provider Market

Nigeria’s new cloud policy puts aggregated federal demand at the centre of its market-building strategy: ministries, departments and agencies would buy through coordinated mechanisms from multiple registered providers, creating an anchor customer large enough to improve…

Aug 22, 2026
African governance delegates meeting in front of an active internet operations floor.

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CAIGA’s real test is who controls AFRINIC decisions

Smart Africa’s continental governance proposal is often framed as digital sovereignty. The more immediate question is whether a new governmental layer would strengthen coordination without weakening the technical and member-led checks on Africa’s internet registry.

Aug 12, 2026
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Interconnection does not prove workload recovery

Interconnection does not prove workload recovery intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may follow. The Africa Cloud…

Aug 12, 2026
GSMA: Africa mobile market moves from coverage to value

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GSMA: Africa mobile market moves from coverage to value

GSMA says Africa’s mobile sector added $240bn in 2025 as operators shift from coverage growth to digital value creation.

Jun 17, 2026
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Gowtamsingh Dabee the accountant running Africa’s internet

A chartered accountant now runs AfriNIC as legal disputes and election rule changes deepen its governance crisis.

Jun 2, 2026
AI editorial portrait of Carla Sanderson in a South African data centre and Internet exchange setting

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Carla Sanderson

Carla Sanderson is a South African digital-infrastructure executive whose public relevance now sits at the junction of Teraco, NAPAfrica and AFRINIC. AFRINIC's candidate materials identify her as Head of Marketing at Teraco and link that role to NAPAfrica's exchange-community…

May 26, 2026
AI editorial portrait of Kaleem Ahmed Usmani in a Mauritius cyber-response and internet-governance setting

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Kaleem Ahmed Usmani

Kaleem Ahmed Usmani is publicly visible as a Mauritius cyber-response official through CERT-MU and Singapore International Cyber Week sources. That gives the page a defensible person profile: a national incident-response leader whose credibility matters in regional…

May 26, 2026
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Angola Cables closes South Atlantic cable ring

Angola Cables builds a South Atlantic cable ring, linking Africa and Brazil while reducing latency and diversifying global traffic routes.

May 5, 2026
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Ghana launches shared 5G network amid uncertainty

Ghana’s shared 5G network is live, but concerns about its financial sustainability and long-term viability remain.

Mar 6, 2026
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Kenya’s local cloud region marks sovereign compute leap

iXAfrica will host Oracle’s first public cloud region in Nairobi, advancing digital sovereignty and local compute for East Africa.

Jan 29, 2026
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Lenovo appoints Tareq Alangari to lead META operations as digital ambitions expand

Lenovo appoints Tareq Alangari as senior VP and president of its Middle East, Türkiye and Africa operations to drive digital growth.

Jan 7, 2026
How CAIGA fits into Smart Africa’s digital transformation agenda

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How CAIGA fits into Smart Africa’s digital transformation agenda

Critics warn CAIGA is less about digital transformation and more about political control, raising concerns over Smart Africa and ICANN’s role.

Jan 2, 2026
What Smart Africa’s statements on CAIGA reveal — and what they avoid

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What Smart Africa’s statements on CAIGA reveal — and what they avoid

CAIGA rhetoric focuses on unity, while critics argue Smart Africa avoids addressing AFRINIC’s governance failures.

Dec 22, 2025
Africa’s digital future at risk: How Smart Africa may be deepening tech dependency

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Africa’s digital future at risk: How Smart Africa may be deepening tech dependency

As Smart Africa expands its role, concerns grow that Africa’s internet governance is trading autonomy for coordination.

Dec 19, 2025
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Smart Africa under scrutiny: Vision without governance

Africa’s digital vision clashes with governance failure as AFRINIC collapses and ICANN expands its influence.

Dec 19, 2025
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Airtel Africa and SpaceX team up for Starlink satellite-to-mobile connectivity

Airtel Africa partners with SpaceX to launch Starlink Direct-to-Cell across 14 markets, raising questions about terrestrial network reliance.

Dec 18, 2025
Smart Africa and CAIGA fail to earn public trust

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Smart Africa and CAIGA fail to earn public trust

Public trust in Smart Africa and CAIGA is eroding as critics warn of opaque governance and political control over Africa’s internet.

Dec 17, 2025
Why Africans remain sceptical of Smart Africa’s digital promises

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Why Africans remain sceptical of Smart Africa’s digital promises

Smart Africa faces criticism as AFRINIC’s collapse and ICANN’s influence deepen mistrust in African internet governance.

Dec 16, 2025