Tag: Corridor Africa

South Africa could spend billions connecting people to the internet and still fail to deliver a truly digital economy. However, municipalities must maintain the infrastructure underneath it. That may sound like an odd claim in an industry obsessed with fibre, spectrum, 5G and data centres. Yet connectivity does not float above the physical world. Fibre needs roads, servitudes, electricity, water, poles, ducts and functioning municipal systems.

For decades, technology was framed as a story of innovation. Faster systems lowered costs. Smarter tools served as the markers of success. However, that framing no longer holds. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has shifted the conversation from capability to control.