ARTICLE · 19 OCTOBER 2026
A quiet contest is underway across Africa over the housing and use of data, raising a fundamental question: where does African data live, and whose law governs it? As the continent generates a rising share of global digital activity yet hosts only about one percent of the world's data centre capacity, the answer carries real economic and legal weight that will determine who controls, profits from, and bears the costs of Africa's digital future.
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