For years, global economic forums have been filled with talk of Africa’s limitless potential. Yet most Western capital remains cautious, held back by outdated risk models and paralysing bureaucracy. That caution contrasts sharply with the pragmatic push from Abu Dhabi and Dubai, which have understood that the continent is not a humanitarian cause but the…
Burkina Faso has inaugurated two modular datacentres capable of storing 3,000 terabytes on national soil, a move authorities present as a major step toward digital sovereignty. The facilities, launched in January 2026, are intended to keep citizens’ data, health records and strategic files under national jurisdiction rather than foreign legislation and overseas service providers. Ouagadougou…
Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi attended an official dinner hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Wednesday, 28 October, as the third Russia-Africa Summit opened in Moscow. The gathering brought together several African Heads of State and marked a major moment in relations between Moscow and the continent. On Thursday,…
