Reaching for the sky Work on a US$100 million twin-tower project in Rwanda has commenced. Envisioned as a regional hub for financial services, Kigali Financial Square will be built between Kigali City Hall and… Read more
Centre stage A proposed 20 MW colocation facility for Cape Town, South Africa, is set to increase capacity for the storage and processing of data. The new data centre will complement Africa… Read more
Sowing opportunity A digital platform linking smallholder farmers to financial services is set to reach millions more in sub-Saharan Africa. A partnership between Mastercard and the pan-African Ecobank Group aims to widen… Read more
Charged innovation Electric-motorcycle drivers are now able to swap and charge batteries at special stations across Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The initiative enables drivers of electric motorcycles from Ampersand, a Rwanda-based transport energy solutions… Read more
Back-up plans In a first for the country, Malawi has officially inaugurated a 20 MW hybrid solar plant with grid-connected battery storage. The Golomoti facility comprises bifacial solar panels and a utility-scale… Read more
