West Africa’s six-country push for a common AI rulebook 🌍🤖
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On July 6, six West African countries reached a milestone few outside policy circles noticed. Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea, and Benin...
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Gabon opens its first sovereign data center to take back...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français For years, a large share of Africa’s data has lived somewhere else — on servers scattered across other continents, far from the administrations, companies,...
Proton wants to replace Google — without harvesting your data...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Every morning, you open Gmail. You check your schedule in Google Calendar, back up files to Drive, maybe browse behind a VPN run by...
Burkina Faso bets on a national supervision center to secure...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Burkina Faso has kicked off the construction of a National Digital Infrastructure Supervision Center, with works officially launched on January 19, 2025. The project...
Botswana launches its first national data center, aiming for digital...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On November 25, 2025, Botswana’s Minister of State at the Presidency, Moeti Ceaser Mohwasa, inaugurated the Digital Delta Data Centre (DDDC), the country’s first...
Niger launches national cybersecurity center to defend its digital future...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français The Nigerien government is taking new steps to protect its digital space. This week, it announced the creation of a National Cybersecurity Center (CNAC)...
ST Digital builds a green Tier III data center in...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In just eight months, Ivorian telecom operator ST Digital has completed the construction of a Tier III data center inside the VITIB free zone...
Facing pressure from Washington, TikTok plots an American spin-off 🇺🇸📱
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Under pressure from U.S. lawmakers, TikTok may soon take on a completely new form stateside. A revamped version of the app is reportedly in...
CI-Alert: Côte d’Ivoire Turns to U.S. Tech for Emergency Situations...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français On April 22, 2025, Côte d’Ivoire officially launched an innovative emergency alert system to boost crisis response capabilities. Based on American technology, this system...
Algeria unveils its first national microchip: a step toward technological...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français The country has finalized the design of its very first 100% nationally developed microchip. This project, led by the Ministry of Higher Education and...