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The AI data centre energy race just got interesting, and Africa is sitting on the answer

On Friday, FuelCell Energy shot up 24% after landing a 380 MW clean power deal with Fit Energy for AI data centres, while Bloom Energy, which had already surged over 1,300% in the past year, tumbled 13% in what analysts are calling a straightforward profit-taking rotation. Two companies, same sector, same trading day, completely opposite…

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Sony is coming for the Switch 2’s throne, and Africa’s Pocket might just be the real prize

Let me tell you something about corporate speak. After years of reading IT vendor proposals, infrastructure RFPs, and energy company procurement documents, I’ve developed a very specific skill: translating beautiful, vague language into actual intentions.So when PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino sat down with Japanese publication Famitsu and said Sony plans to leverage technologies that can…

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My 1.3M Phone as a Candle: The night my mother taught me the real meaning of technology

Sometimes technology teaches us lessons we never expected. As someone who has spent years working around technology, digital transformation, IT infrastructure, and technical operations, I often look at devices differently. I see processors, storage, innovation, engineering, user experience, and the endless possibilities behind every piece of technology. But that night, my mother reminded me of…

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Portable Energy solutions like Jackery explorer 240D could transform Africa’s mobile power future

Before we dive into the main topic, lets review why small portable power stations matter in Africa’s growing Digital Economy in the firrst place. Now Energy remains one of Africa’s biggest development challenges, but at the same time, the continent is experiencing rapid growth in digital entrepreneurship, remote work, renewable energy adoption, and technology-driven businesses….

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Nigeria’s Oil is back but the real test is whether it stays that way

For most of the past decade, Nigeria’s oil story has been one of unrealised potential. Africa’s largest oil reserve holder sitting on 37.5 billion barrels of proven crude has repeatedly failed to convert that endowment into consistent production. Oil theft, pipeline vandalism, chronic underinvestment, and operational shutdowns turned what should have been a production growth…

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Africa’s two biggest industrial powers are aligning, and the rest of the continent is watching

There is a version of African economic integration that exists on paper in treaty documents, summit communiqués, and optimistic press releases. And then there are the conversations that actually move things forward: ministers in a room, sector by sector, asking hard questions about supply chains, tariffs, investment incentives, and joint manufacturing. On June 22, 2026,…

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Botswana just proved Africa can finance utility solar without begging for government guarantees

For most of Africa’s history with large-scale renewable energy, the formula has been the same: the government negotiates a long-term power purchase agreement, an international development finance institution provides concessional debt, a foreign developer builds the plant, and the national utility buys the power at a fixed rate for 20 years. It works, but it…

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Starlink’s African expansion faces a new reality as Namibia’s ownership rules challenge the future of satellite internet

Africa’s digital transformation has entered a new phase, where access to technology is no longer the only priority. Increasingly, governments across the continent are asking a bigger question: who owns the infrastructure powering Africa’s digital future? This debate is now playing out in Namibia, where Elon Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink has suffered another setback…

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SpaceX’s AI Computing deal reveals the Next Technology battle: why Africa must build its own AI Infrastructure

The future of artificial intelligence will not only be decided by who creates the smartest algorithms. It will also be determined by who controls the computing power required to train, deploy, and scale those AI systems. This reality became clearer as SpaceX entered a major computing agreement with open-source artificial intelligence company Reflection AI, providing…

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