The fast-changing digital economy presents enormous prospects for the emerging economies of Africa. In Africa, the digital economy has emerged as an unstoppable giant that is growing at an unprecedented pace. Supporting this assertion, innovation commentators have conveniently argued that in the twenty-first century, we can ground the conditions for economic growth less on the accumulation of things and more on the flow of information, less on geographic centrality and more on electronic connectivity, and less on expanding consumption of scarce resources and more on intelligent management.
The twentieth century saw the economic rise of Asia through the significant economic rise of the “Asian Tiger” countries (Kojima 2000; UNCTAD 1996). But the twenty-first century has been dubbed the African century (Wikipedia 2016). Tech Crunch, renowned technology media company, recently published an article entitled “The Future Is African” (Nash 2015), which aptly described how Africa is unleashing innovation by combining mobile and Web technology to lead the world in the twenty-first century – the KINGS countries are leading this wave.
The exit trail took an unusual turn in late December when African telecom Billionaire, Strive Masiyiwa, announced that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited would delist from
The exit trails of November 2025 have found its way into the last month of the year, courtesy of the Dot Com Zambia PLC IPO
As 2025 concludes, the performance of the Africa tech ecosystem is under scrutiny, prompting various projections for 2026. I largely agree with Ido Sum’s comprehensive,