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Analysis, perspectives and research on technology, digital infrastructure and Africa's digital economy.

Building the technology backbone Africa's economy requires.
An examination of the infrastructure gaps and the engineering approaches needed to build digital systems that work at African scale.
Read articleDigitising the agricultural value chain from farm to consumer.
How technology is transforming African agriculture — from smallholder farm management to marketplace access and supply chain visibility.

African language AI and the case for localised intelligence.
The opportunity and challenge of building AI systems that understand and serve Africa's linguistic and cultural diversity.

Last-mile logistics: The infrastructure challenge Africa is solving.
How African logistics companies are innovating around infrastructure gaps to build delivery networks that work in complex urban and rural environments.

Mobile money and the architecture of Africa's digital payments.
Understanding the infrastructure that has made Africa the world's most advanced mobile money market — and what it means for fintech builders.

The enterprise technology gap: What African organisations actually need.
Why enterprise software built for Western markets often fails in African organisational contexts — and what a better approach looks like.