Africa: Powering Africa's Digital Future - Why Energy Infrastructure Is the Foundation of the Intelligent Era

Africa: Powering Africa's digital future - Why energy infrastructure is the foundation of the intelligent era

Column - At Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026, the theme "Data, Compute & Energy: the power equation of the AI era " captured a reality the digital economy can no longer ignore. Amid the global race to digitalize economies and strengthen economic competitiveness, a paradox is emerging. Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services are often perceived as virtual, yet their greatest constraint is increasingly physical: energy. E…

Africa: Powering Africa’s digital future – Why energy infrastructure is the foundation of the intelligent era

At Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026, the theme “Data, Compute & Energy: the power equation of the AI era ” captured a reality the digital economy can no longer ignore. Amid the global race to digitalize economies and strengthen economic competitiveness, a paradox is emerging. Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services are often perceived as virtual, yet their greatest constraint is increasingly physical: energy. Electricit…