Internet usage surges in Africa as new connectivity hubs emerge

LATRO partners with Ouranos to expand telecom, fintech, and fraud management solutions in West Africa, driving digital transformation and growth.

The agreement is expected to reduce the risk of future cable disruptions along West Africa's coast while also enabling next-generation cloud services across the continent.

PaySika competed in a pitch competition at the AfricArena 2025 Summit against nine other fintech start-ups.

Equinix said there is still a lot of work to be done, starting with increasing resilience to avoid a repeat of last year's internet outages.

The company said the LG2.3 would help Nigeria's booming digital transformation activities by delivering state-of-the-art colocation and secure interconnection options.

The Johannesburg summit is the first leg of the annual AfricArena Tour, which visits to each of Africa's four regions.

The company says this move provides an additional layer of resiliency for its enterprise customers, ensuring uninterrupted service at no additional cost.

In addition to promoting technological innovation, data centres will play a key role in the advancement of AI in the region, says an industry expert.

Mastercard says Ghana offers fertile ground for the company to enhance its geographical presence in West Africa.

The telco says it will fine-tune OpenAI’s open-source speech models and Meta’s openly available Llama 3.1 model to support regional African languages

Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Senegal, Mali, and Cameroon had the highest number of cyber-attacks, according to NETSCOUT.