# Morocco Signs Africa’s Largest AI Infrastructure Deal: $1.28 Billion Nexus AI Factory Confirmed *April 14, 2026 — Technology / Africa* On the sidelines of GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech, Morocco’s government signed what participants described as a quietly historic agreement: a landmark $1.28 billion deal with London-based Nexus Core Systems to build the Nexus […]
Why This Matters for African Tech South African cloud infrastructure firm HOSTAFRICA has unveiled the continent’s first locally hosted Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-as-a-Service platform at Digital Parks Africa, a development that could significantly lower barriers to artificial intelligence development and high-performance computing for African businesses, researchers, and startups. The platform, announced this week in Johannesburg,
A Dramatic Upset South Africa’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) has elected former Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga as its new federal chairperson, replacing Helen Zille’s successor in a result that has sent shockwaves through the country’s political landscape and set the stage for a fiercer-than-ever challenge to the ruling ANC. The vote, taken at the party’s
Morocco and the EU have launched a landmark Digital Dialogue positioning Morocco as Africa’s premier AI and digital infrastructure partner, in a deal with significant geopolitical implications.
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Virunga National Park celebrates rare mountain gorilla twin births and the return of elephant herds, signaling a potential turning point for conservation in DR Congo.
In Abidjan’s lively media ecosystem — a city of bustling newspapers, radio stations, and a growing digital audience — something troubling has taken root. Over the past three years, a coordinated network of social media accounts, websites, and local opinion makers has been systematically amplifying narratives that portray Ukraine and the West as aggressors, glorify
Djibouti’s veteran leader Ismail Omar Guelleh claims a sixth term with 97.44 percent of the vote, but the result has been greeted with skepticism at home and abroad.
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Along Gabon’s 900-kilometre Atlantic coastline, where four species of sea turtles come to nest between October and March, a small band of eco-rangers are waging a battle against impossible odds. For every thousand hatchlings that scramble toward the sea, only one will survive to adulthood. Now, funding shortfalls are threatening to make those odds even
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When Ghana’s popular news site GhanaWeb published an article in July 2024 claiming that Ukraine was recruiting Ivorian citizens to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war, offering ,000 bonuses and European residency, it went viral across West African social media. The article, decorated with yellow-and-blue flyers supposedly posted on the streets of Abidjan, seemed credible. It
Yaounde Formally Notifies Russian Embassy as Details on Recruitment and Circumstances of Death Remain Unclear The government of Cameroon has officially confirmed the deaths of 16 of its citizens who were fighting alongside Russian military forces in Ukraine. In a formal diplomatic communication, the Cameroonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented a list of the deceased
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In the cold waters off the coast of South Africa, a species that has survived for millions of years is dying at a rate that alarms even the most seasoned conservationists. More than 62,000 African penguins starved to death in South Africa’s major breeding colonies over the past year — the latest in a decades-long
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