Africa's Tech Future, Today.
Building consumer software applications alone is insufficient to support sustained digital growth across Africa. Unlocking the continent's digital economic potential requires substantial investment in core foundation layers, including broadband connectivity, energy grid reliability, data centre capacity, and regulatory harmonization.
Vuyani Jarana turned his childhood curiosity with radios into a career driving rural connectivity across South Africa. As former chief executive of Vodacom Business and South African Airways, and now leading Ilitha Telecommunications, he focuses on bringing affordable broadband to townships and rural areas.
Lowering Right of Way charges reduces cable deployment expenses, but it does not make internet infrastructure projects automatically viable. In Nigeria, operator decisions to expand broadband footprint depend heavily on consumer market demand and commercial revenue potential rather than fee reductions alone.
Subsea cable operator Seacom has placed group CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave while allegations about how the company is run are investigated. CFO Charl Slabbert is acting CEO.
Across Africa, approximately 906 million people live within reach of mobile broadband networks but remain offline. The persistent digital divide has shifted from physical network coverage to barriers surrounding device affordability, digital skills, electricity reliability, and transaction trust.
International capacity into Africa has multiplied. Retail prices have not fallen nearly as far, and the reason sits between the landing station and the customer.
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