In a rural clinic in eastern Rwanda, a community health worker once spent hours deciphering faded handwritten notes before deciding whether to refer a sick child. Records got lost, treatments were delayed, and lives hung in the balance. Today, that…
Picture a mother in a remote Kenyan village. She no longer walks kilometres to register her newborn or queue for cash transfers. A quick scan of her digital ID on her phone unlocks health subsidies, school fees, and even farm…
Imagine walking for two hours to reach a government service centre, only to be told by a machine that you do not exist. Your finger is pressed against a scanner. Once. Twice. Ten times. The screen stares back blankly. You…
For decades, Africa’s digital story has been told in terms of deficits — gaps in connectivity, shortfalls in device ownership, and lagging broadband penetration. But a new and more consequential conversation is quietly taking over boardrooms and ministerial roundtables across…
Picture a Kenyan mother paying school fees with a tap on her phone — no queues, no delays, no hidden costs. This is DPI at work. Digital Public Infrastructure, with its instant payment rails, is reshaping how African governments fund,…
In the bustling classrooms of rural Rwanda and the crowded schools of Nairobi’s informal settlements, a quiet revolution is underway. Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) — the foundational trio of digital identity, payments, and data exchange — is transforming education from…
Africa’s startup ecosystem has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past decade. From Lagos to Nairobi, Cairo to Cape Town, a new generation of founders is building technology companies that are solving distinctly African problems — and attracting global attention…
For the last decade, the story of “Digital Africa” was largely told through the lens of the smartphone—a frantic race to build apps, capture eyeballs, and disrupt traditional markets. But as we navigate 2026, the narrative has shifted fundamentally. We…
Imagine a mother in rural Zambia whose child falls critically ill. Years ago, fragmented paper records and long journeys meant delayed care—or worse. Today, a simple digital ID instantly pulls up the child’s full medical history, immunization record, and even…
Africa is entering a defining moment in its digital journey. The continent is not deciding whether to digitize—that shift is already underway. The real question is whether Africa will continue consuming global technologies or begin building its own systems that…