19 November 2025

Safia Sayad, Head of Cloud & Network Services Sales, North & West Africa at Nokia

A new chapter is unfolding for Africa’s networks — one that will redefine how they operate, adapt, and evolve to meet the continent’s unique connectivity challenges and opportunities. For decades, communications infrastructure on the continent, as elsewhere, has been designed to respond to human commands — following instructions, executing scripts, and delivering services exactly as programmed. But a new era is emerging where networks won’t just follow orders — they’ll sense, decide, and act entirely on their own.

11 November 2025

As the G20 Leaders' Summit approaches in Johannesburg later this month, African civil-society leaders, policymakers, and international partners are actively advocating for an inclusive, people-focused approach to artificial intelligence (AI) governance.

They emphasise the importance of aligning AI development with principles of economic dignity, resilient growth, and equitable participation.