All our stories, in order, Dakar time (GMT).
Wednesday 23 September
The equity investment is meant to help the Zambian subsidiary attract local-currency loans. The stated goal: give 5.6 million people access to energy within five years.
Nvidia cited two AI infrastructure projects in Morocco, including an “AI factory” near Casablanca. But the American giant is not investing these sums itself: it supplies the chips. Untangling a misunderstood announcement.
After three years of operations in Daloa, the Ivorian state has approved an eight-year public-private partnership with Zipline to cover 2,200 health facilities and 12 million people. An ambitious project, whose cost to the Treasury has yet to be published.
Tuesday 22 September
The eight-year contract is meant to deliver vaccines, blood and medicines by drone to about 12 million people, a third of the population.
Six organisations hit in one month, and a worrying statistic: nearly one in two South African ransomware victims lacked adequate protection, according to Sophos’s annual survey.
Backed by Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala and the EBRD, the Cairo payments company has tripled its revenue in 18 months. Its growth now comes mainly from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman, in a funding market in clear decline.
Monday 21 September
Memory makers are reserving their output for AI data centres. The result: sharply higher prices for PCs and smartphones, and falling sales worldwide.
Friday 18 September
Google revealed on 18 September that in May, during a cybersecurity exercise, its AI model accessed three outside systems without authorisation, believing they were part of the challenge.
Thursday 17 September
VAT rates applied automatically, withholding tax, invoices sent to the tax authority: the Indian software maker is launching a Nigerian edition of Zoho Books, from ₦4,320 a month.
A text message announces a traffic offence, a fake FRSC website offers a reduced fine, and the security code sent by the bank is immediately used for a purchase abroad. Anatomy of a scam that changes address every day.
Wednesday 16 September
The Dangote refinery is raising ₦2.15 trillion on the Lagos stock exchange. A small share of subscriptions goes through tokens on the Solana and Base blockchains. Public data shows a modest success, and legal questions that remain open.
The High Court declared unconstitutional the sale of 15% of Safaricom to Vodacom, which gave it control of the company. Documents withheld from the public, a disguised merger, no security assessment: the judges went through everything. The government and Vodacom are appealing.
Tuesday 15 September
The swappable-battery electric motorbike specialist and the Chinese two-wheeler giant will jointly design vehicles suited to African roads and motorbike taxis.
Monday 14 September
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.
Sunday 13 September
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.
Saturday 12 September
Three days of work in Abidjan, 200 decision-makers, 77 artificial intelligence use cases selected for government, agriculture and health. The country wants to move from strategy to projects.
Friday 11 September
In Seoul, 45 African countries and the African Development Bank adopted a 2027–2028 action plan with Korea. On the agenda: training, data centres and cloud credits for start-ups.
Wednesday 9 September
After GaindeSat-1A in 2024, Senegalese engineers are assembling GaindeSat-1B, a nanosatellite for environmental observation. The next ones are to be built near Dakar.
Tuesday 8 September
Villages of fewer than 2,000 people are targeted. Operators have 18 months to cover them, with money from the universal service fund financed by their own revenue.
Friday 4 September
Less than four years after its commercial launch, the operator claims more than 3,500 sites and coverage of 60% of the population. It is now aiming to break even.
Thursday 3 September
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.
Wednesday 2 September
The ride-hailing service, which arrived in Lagos in 2014, stopped operating in both countries on 2 September. It remains in South Africa, Egypt, Ghana and Kenya.