Digital infrastructure has become one of the most important enablers of economic growth, trade and innovation across Africa, with Kenya increasingly recognised as a pivotal market in the continent's digital economy.
Kenya's data centre sector is scaling quickly: the market was valued at USD 266 million in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 805 million by 2031, with planned capacity expansions totalling 240 MW by 2031 and a growing AI-ready infrastructure base. This sits within a much larger continental story — Africa's data centre market is projected to attract USD 8.76 billion in investment by 2031, yet the continent still represents only around 0.6% of global installed data centre capacity.
Substantial gaps remain in access and adoption. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the usage gap stands at 53%, meaning more than half the population remains unconnected despite living within mobile broadband coverage. Closing this gap, alongside meeting the power demands of AI and hyperscale computing, will require sustained investment and innovative financing from operators, investors, development finance institutions and policymakers. At the same time, digital infrastructure — and hyperscale data centres in particular — is increasingly viewed as a strategic asset class, attracting growing interest from private equity, infrastructure funds and institutional investors.
Hosted in partnership with Yellow Card, this discussion will convene senior leaders from across the digital infrastructure ecosystem - government, industry and finance - to examine the investment trends, opportunities and financing models shaping Kenya and Africa's digital future.
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