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Digital Realty opens 6.4MW Nairobi Two data centre

8th Sep 2026

3 minutes

Digital Realty has opened its 6.4-megawatt Nairobi Two (NBO2) data centre in Karen, expanding its Nairobi campus and completing the transition of iColo, the East African operator it acquired in 2019, to the Digital Realty brand across Kenya and Mozambique.
Africa

MTN targets 150MW of AI data centre capacity in Nigeria and South Africa with Tarek Al Ashram’s UAE-based investment platform

27th Aug 2026

5 minutes

MTN Group is targeting 150MW of AI-ready data centre capacity in a first phase spanning South Africa and Nigeria, group CEO Ralph Mupita told a media roundtable this week.
Africa

What is a DFI, and how does it finance Africa’s digital infrastructure?

26th Aug 2026

3 minutes

Development finance institutions, or DFIs, are specialised finance bodies, usually multilateral or bilateral development banks, that provide long-term financing for economic, environmental and social development projects.

AI

8 sessions to watch at ITW Africa 2026

19th Aug 2026

4 minutes

ITW Africa returns to Nairobi from 7-10 September, running ITW and Datacloud tracks alongside dedicated summits on fibre, energy, voice and messaging, and investment.

Africa

What is driving Kenya’s data centre boom, and why does Nairobi matter for East Africa?

13th Aug 2026

3 minutes

Nairobi is emerging as East Africa’s digital infrastructure hub, and a wave of new investment landing in the weeks before ITW Africa returns to the city puts the scale of that shift into sharp relief.
IHS Towers

IHS Towers reports 10.4% revenue growth as MTN take-private moves toward completion

12th Aug 2026

3 minutes

IHS Holding reported second-quarter 2026 results on 11 August showing revenue from continuing operations up 10.4% year-on-year to $428.6 million.
AI

Nigeria’s payment data must stay onshore by January 2027: Here’s what that means for data centres

10th Aug 2026

3 minutes

The Central Bank of Nigeria issued a circular on 15 June ordering banks, fintechs, mobile money operators and other payment system participants to store and manage locally generated payment transaction data inside the country.

Africa AI in Africa

Africa’s digital infrastructure ambition has a power problem

2nd Jul 2026

7 minutes

As investment in Africa’s digital infrastructure accelerates, a new generation of infrastructure leaders is confronting a harder challenge.
Enrico Bagnasco

Sparkle and Entel Bolivia launch a new digital route across South America

19th Jun 2026

7 minutes

The 4,370km terrestrial corridor through Bolivia will cut latency in half, reshaping Latin American connectivity for a continent still heavily reliant on submarine cables.
AI

ITW 2026: Sovereign AI starts with infrastructure, not ideology

21st May 2026

5 minutes

Panellists at ITW 2026 debated what AI sovereignty really means for governments, telcos and infrastructure providers and whether the policy environment is moving fast enough to match the opportunity..
AI

Digital Realty launches first Barcelona data centre to scale EMEA strategy

19th May 2026

3 minutes

BCN1, Digital Realty’s new data centre, adds 14MW of AI-ready capacity to its Mediterranean platform and strengthens connectivity across the Iberian Peninsula.