DRC’s National Digital Plan: AI, Broadband Towers, and a Five-Year Infrastructure Bet
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has published its National Digital Plan 2026–2030. What the $2.7 billion infrastructure target actually means.
Month: March 2026
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MTN and Huawei Sign AI Networks MOU at MWC. Ghana Gets the Pilot.
MTN and Huawei formalised their AI-native network partnership at MWC Barcelona. Ghana’s Alpha antenna pilot is the first deployment.
African Data Workers Are Training Military AI Without Knowing It
African data annotation workers are feeding military AI systems — often without disclosure. The labour rights and ethics gap is widening.
Africa’s Satellite Internet Price War Is Real. SMEs Are Still Paying Too Much.
Starlink and OneWeb have driven down satellite internet prices across Africa — but structural costs keep SMEs priced out.
Luno Launches Prediction Markets in Nigeria and South Africa — and Tests Regulatory Boundaries
Luno’s prediction markets product — daily price bets on Bitcoin and Ethereum — sits in a classification no-man’s-land between derivatives and gambling.
DRC’s Digital Code Goes Live in July. Are Africa’s Platform Operators Ready?
The DRC’s Digital Code takes effect July 2026. The compliance requirements for platform operators — and the enforcement risk for those unprepared.
CBN’s BVN Phone Lock: Nigeria Tightens the Fraud Screws on Fintech
The CBN now ties Bank Verification Numbers to a single registered phone number. The fraud control logic — and the compliance implications.
NCC’s TIRMS Framework: Nigerian Telecoms Must Give 14 Days’ Notice Before SIM Deactivation
Nigeria’s NCC has established minimum notice rights for mobile subscribers before SIM deactivation under the new TIRMS framework.
CBN’s Double Mandate: Nigeria Fintechs Face Compounded AI Compliance Deadlines
Nigerian fintechs face simultaneous biometric and AI-AML compliance deadlines — and the rebuild is more expensive than either mandate alone.
South Africa’s MDPMI Final Report: Google Pays R688M — What Africa’s Media Industry Can Learn
South Africa’s media-platform bargaining report concludes with a R688M Google payment. The template it creates for African media.
