Africa’s digital economy is entering a new era, fueled by rapid growth in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and demand for reliable digital infrastructure. In this episode of Bloomberg Next Africa, industry leaders explore the opportunities, investment trends and challenges shaping the continent’s data centers revolution. The discussion examines how AI adoption, energy availability, sustainability and infrastructure development will define the future of Africa’s digital ecosystem and help unlock the continent’s next wave of growth. The episode features: Jan Hnizdo, CEO of Teraco; James Manyika, SVP of Research & Technology at Google; Johnson Agogbua, Founder & CEO of Kasi Cloud; Robert Skjodt, CEO of Raxio Group.
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Intro and Show Open
00:01:25 – AI Sparks Surge in Data Center Investment
00:02:15 – Race to Build Data Centers in Africa
00:04:22 – Jan Hnizdo, Teraco CEO
00:10:22 – James Manyika, Google SVP Research & Technology
00:16:00 – Johnson Agogbua, Kasi Cloud Founder & CEO
00:17:40 – Robert Skjodt, Raxio CEO
00:18:46 – Powering African Data Centers
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