Meta was fighting multimillion-dollar penalties from Nigerian regulators while simultaneously building new relationships with government institutions. An investigation by The Continent found at least 17 engagements between major technology companies and the Nigerian government since 2024, many of which have limited public information about the terms of the agreements. In February 2025, representatives of three…
Cassava Technologies, Vodafone Business and Elsewedy Electric have signed an agreement to establish Africa Data Centres Egypt, a new data centre project that will include Egypt’s first sovereign AI data centre powered by Nvidia GPUs. The project will combine Cassava Technologies’ extensive experience in data centre development across Africa with Vodafone Business’ expertise in cloud…
Digital Parks Africa has announced plans to build a carrier-neutral data centre in Lagos, Nigeria, marking its first project outside South Africa. The company, however, has not disclosed the facility’s capacity, investment value, location, or construction timeline. Its only specific technical target is a certification it has not yet achieved at any of its existing…
The Tech Girls Club has urged Nigerian schoolgirls to leverage technology and data to develop solutions to societal challenges as it opened the Ibadan edition of its AI/Data Science for Her Boot Camp on Monday. The Principal Investigator of the project, Dr Ronke Sakpere, gave the charge at the opening of the Ibadan boot camp….
SANDI AI Technologies has won the $50,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize at the Africa Food Systems Forum Summit in Kigali, securing the female-led grand prize for its AI system that assesses smallholder farmers for loans they are unable to access through conventional lending channels. The Ugandan startup was founded by Nabakka Sandra, who believes the conventional…
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) system designer and filmmaker, Mr Onu Abrahams, has called on Nigerians to focus on transforming local ideas into globally competitive products. Abrahams made the call during an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. He said Nigeria had a growing pool of talented developers but…
The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), has called for increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned systems and other emerging technologies to strengthen Nigeria’s capacity to tackle evolving security threats. Musa made the call on Thursday in Abuja while speaking at a colloquium organised by the Ministry of Defence. He said the changing…
MTN is expanding its infrastructure business around AI data centres in Africa with the creation of a new company that could serve as a vehicle for growing its data centre, cloud and computing footprint across key markets. Africa Data Hub Holding Limited was formed after MTN entered into a strategic partnership with an undisclosed United…
The robotics landscape in Nigeria is gradually evolving. What was once largely associated with university laboratories, technology competitions and students developing small machines for exhibitions is now giving way to a growing wave of companies transforming robotics and artificial intelligence into practical solutions for education, security, agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing and other sectors. From developing intelligent…
China’s EV Boom Opens New Opportunities for Africa African companies are being encouraged to take advantage of China’s growing production of electric vehicles and green-energy technologies to reduce costs and gain access to proven technologies, according to industry experts. While the United States and some European governments view China’s large-scale production of electric vehicles and…