Kenya’s fixed internet market has recently entered one of those moments when headlines about speed and price start to obscure the deeper question: what actually makes internet good? The current wave of aggressive fibre pricing and higher-bandwidth plans from Safaricom, Airtel, Savanna Fibre, Zuku, Faiba, and other players has created the impression

How a telecoms giant’s philanthropic arm is using schools, scholarships, and digital skills to turn connectivity into capability Airtel Africa Foundation’s first full year of operations offers a useful reminder that development in Africa is increasingly being shaped not just by governments and aid agencies, but by the companies that

A little over a year and a half ago, I had the privilege of participating in the Africa Trade Development Forum (ATDF) 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, on invitation from the organizers TradeMark Africa (TMA), and what stuck with me from that experience was not just the energy in the room,