Digital Parks Africa is building a data centre in Lagos
The South African data centre specialist is moving into West Africa with Nigeria Data Centre 1, a carrier-neutral site designed for finance, cloud and AI.
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Dossier-TekHow artificial intelligence is transforming African businesses
Banking, agriculture, customer service, local languages: AI is already at work in the continent’s companies. But between the announcements and the results, the gap remains wide. Figures, concrete examples and obstacles: our Dossier-Tek on what is really changing, and what is still holding things back.
South Africa: Rand Water hit by a cyberattack, water supply unaffected
The country’s largest bulk water supplier confirmed on 3 September an incident affecting some of its IT systems. Treatment, quality and supply are operating normally, according to the state-owned company.
AnalysisAfrican start-ups: as much money raised in the first half, but half as many deals
About $1.4 billion raised in the first half of 2026, as a year earlier, but in 146 rounds against 252. The money is concentrating on a few established companies, and acquisitions are doubling.