06 August 2025

The Huawei Cloud Summit Northern Africa has successfully wrapped up, drawing over 600 decision-makers from both public and private sectors across more than 10 countries. The event served as a crucial platform for envisioning the region’s digital future and exploring opportunities for rapid technological advancement.

Since launching its Egypt Region in 2024, Huawei Cloud has experienced remarkable growth in Northern Africa, expanding its footprint by 140% within a year. The platform now supports more than 300 customers and 200 partners engaged in innovative projects, while also training over 15,000 developers to accelerate the region’s shift towards intelligent digital solutions. Huawei Cloud has established itself as the leading public cloud provider in the region.

09 July 2025

In response to Africa’s growing digital infrastructure demands and the widening talent gap in the data centre (DC) sector, a new ground-breaking initiative is being launched to develop a local and future-ready workforce for the continent. This pioneering project, born out of a collaboration between industry experts, training providers, and placement specialists, will build Africa’s first scalable data centre talent pool — sourced, trained, certified, and placed in jobs.

19 May 2025

Wojtek Piorko, MD for Africa at Vertiv

Africa's digital economy is evolving rapidly, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as a key driver of transformation across industries. As businesses increasingly adopt AI and generative AI (GenAI) solutions, the demand for robust, scalable and efficient data centre infrastructure is at an all-time high. The challenge lies in ensuring that data centres can meet the rising computational demands while maintaining efficiency and reliability.

According to Gartner, global spending on data centre systems is expected to increase by almost a quarter (23.2%) in 2025, largely due to AI-driven growth. A recent Mordor Intelligence report, Africa Data Center Cooling – Market Share Analysis, Industry Trends & Statistics, Growth Forecasts up to 2030, estimates that African data centre market size is expected to reach 1.43 thousand MW by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 12.86%. Further, the market is expected to generate colocation revenue of USD 750.2 Million in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 1,709.6 Million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 17.91% during the forecast period of 2025 to 2030.

13 May 2025

The ‘Africa Data Center Construction Market – Industry Outlook & Forecast 2025-2030’ report has been released on ResearchAndMarkets.com, providing critical insights into a rapidly evolving sector that is projected to grow from a value of US$1.26 billion in 2024 to US$3.06 billion by 2030, at a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.94%.

Expanding data centre infrastructure across the African continent is being propelled by various government initiatives aimed at fostering a conducive environment for technological advancement. Many African nations are implementing tax incentives, creating Special Economic Zones (SEZs), and engaging in public-private partnerships to stimulate growth in the data centre construction market. For instance, in May 2024, Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy partnered with Microsoft and G42 for a significant USD 1 billion digital investment initiative.