Digital Transformation POD: Ten Minutes on Nigeria's Digital Infrastructure—BCN's Ochuko Ogra shares strategic vision for growth Executive strategist Ochuko Ogra explains why Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN) favours collaboration over competition in driving commercial success.
Infrastructure #ThrowbackPOD: Alan Knott-Craig Jr in 2016, riding waves of setbacks and success From inheriting a famous surname to losing Africa's largest social network, Alan Knott-Craig Jr pivoted to revolutionising rural and township internet access.
Telecoms OP-ED: Emergence Over Extraction—What Africa’s telco sector teaches us about progress Andile Masuku taps Lanre Kolade's insights on patient collaboration, creative capital and ecosystem alignment behind landing Google's Equiano cable in Togo, sparking transformative regional broadband connectivity.
Infrastructure POD: Brokering Broadband Connectivity—Lanre Kolade and the inside story of Google's Equiano cable landing in Togo Learn how this former CSquared CEO is driving digital inclusion across Africa through transformative infrastructure projects, including 'midwifing' the landmark Google Equiano submarine cable initiative in Togo.
Infrastructure OP-ED: Inside Safaricom Ethiopia—Overcoming terrain, 5G rollout and regulatory hurdles Andile Masuku distils key insights from Safaricom's $8 billion venture in Ethiopia, highlighting the challenges of building a new network, meeting unexpectedly high demand, and navigating complex regulatory landscapes.
Telecoms POD: Yahya Banafa on tackling challenges in Safaricom Ethiopia's $8 billion telecom bet In this podcast conversation, Yahya Banafa, head of network planning and engineering at Safaricom Ethiopia, discusses what it takes to build a nationwide mobile network in Africa’s second-most populous country.
Mobile OP-ED: Evaluating Sub-Saharan Africa's mobile gender gap feat. Claire Sibthorpe Claire Sibthorpe unpacks GSMA's latest report, revealing that the mobile internet gender gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has decreased to 15%, with over 1.5 billion women now online.
Infrastructure OP-ED: Leapfrogging? No shortcuts on the road to progress Professor Calestous Juma's legacy challenges oversimplified narratives of African tech progress, urging for substantive infrastructure investment over "leapfrogging" dreams.
