10 December 2025

Helios Investment Partners is intensifying its focus on North African digital infrastructure, announcing the launch of a new platform in Morocco shortly after securing an initial agreement to acquire a significant data centre asset in Egypt.

The firm, which specialises exclusively in African markets, has partnered with Fipar-Holding, a subsidiary of Morocco’s state-owned CDG Invest, to establish 3MDC. This new entity acts as a consolidation of three existing Moroccan technology companies: Maroc Datacenter, a carrier-neutral Tier III data center; Munisys, a systems integrator; and Medasys, a firm specialising in cybersecurity and digital services.

08 December 2025

Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator and industry leaders have called for immediate and coordinated efforts to develop Africa’s artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, warning that without significant local investment, the continent risks becoming a passive consumer of global technologies.

These concerns were voiced during a high-level virtual forum organised by Africa Hyperscalers, where Nigeria played a central role in discussions about what Africa must build to stay competitive in an AI-driven world.