Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE

Africa cannot import its future. Our AI systems must be built here rooted in our data, our realities, and our aspirations 

Turhan Mildon 

When we see all the Natural Resources, Human Resources, we can clearly understand the future is going to be in Africa

H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi 

In this decisive decade, the hand that holds Africa’s data holds Africa’s future and that hand must be African, and I insist, that hand must be African – It must serve Africa’s prosperity and reflect African value”.

H.E. Inkosi E.M. Buthelezi 

Our opportunity as the continent of Africa lies in how we ensure that digital transformation becomes the backbone of our development, not a by-product of external interest 

Dr. Davide Moinina Sengeh

A connected and integrated digital economy is fundamental to unlocking intra-African trade, transforming public service delivery, and lowering the cost of doing business across the continent. 

Mr. Samaila Zubairu 

AFC is investing in data centers, Fintech platforms and digital enabled industrial hubs— because we know the future will be written in code,powered by clean energy and driven by African talent. 

Ralph Mupita 

If Africa is not determined, if we are not asking to sit at the table or asking to put forward what we see as African solutions to our unique challenges, we are going to become a digital underclass and this will be a second form of colonialism, a very sophisticated form we cannot leave to […]

Alex Apau Dadey 

As Africa stands at the threshold of unprecedented digital transformation, the question before us is not whether change is possible but how quickly and inclusively, we can harness it. The answer I believe lies in the strength of partnerships, genuine strategic public private partnerships that unite the innovation, capital and execution capacity of the private […]

APRM Quote

Africa’s digital transformation is one of the most pressing issues of our time, we need now more than ever better integrated digital economies to unlock the full potential of Intra-African trade.