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The Corridor Market
A demand book confined to one country hits a ceiling. On 13 July, West Africa's power sector showed what removes it — not more infrastructure.
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The Compute Utility
Who signs a Compute Purchase Agreement — and who doesn't. A data centre needs fifteen-year revenue; its customers buy compute by the hour. The institution that carries that gap will define the intelligence economy. Second essay in the Convergence Assets series. The first argued that in AI infrastructure
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The Compute Purchase Agreement: The Contract Beneath the Intelligence Age
Why the defining instrument of AI infrastructure finance won't be written in Virginia or Silicon Valley — and why the future belongs to whoever can price power, compute, sovereignty and development as one asset In September 2023, Nairobi hosted the Africa Climate Summit — I served as its CEO — and
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WAIIS Strategic Minerals TWG — pipeline, workstreams & exploration fund
Strategic Minerals TWG Sets Course for WAIIS 2026 with US$50bn Pipeline The Strategic Minerals Technical Working Group has confirmed the architecture for West Africa’s mineral value-addition agenda ahead of the WAIIS Summit in Freetown, 16–19 November 2026. Seven outcome areas, five workstreams Seven outcome areas from
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WAIIS Digital Transformation TWG — Digital Embassy & summit pipeline
Digital Transformation TWG Confirms Digital Embassy as Priority Product for WAIIS Summit The Digital Transformation Technical Working Group has confirmed the Digital Embassy as a priority product to carry forward to the WAIIS Summit, 16–19 November 2026 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Regionally endorsed under the ECOWAS economic integration agenda,
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WAIIS Agribusiness TWG — summit dates & two-track deal room
WAIIS Agribusiness TWG Confirms Summit Dates and Two-Track Deal Room The Agribusiness & Food Systems Transformation TWG has confirmed the WAIIS Summit for 16–19 November 2026 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and adopted a two-track deal room structure designed to serve projects of every size and maturity. What
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The nexus, proven: from "Unlocking Compute" to "Compute Unlocked" — and the layer Africa builds its AI on
A year ago, the AI Hub for Sustainable Development opened with a diagnosis. Its report Unlocking Compute in Africa named the binding constraint plainly: African innovators did not lack talent or ideas. They lacked access to compute. This week the Hub closed the loop with evidence. Its new impact report,