
Paige Bruton
UK Newsroom Fellow
Phone maker Transsion plans $500M Hong Kong IPO
Transsion held a 53% market share by revenue in Africa in 2025, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
Africa’s data centers prompt water consumption fears
A petition by civil society groups to South African authorities highlighted concerns over a lack of awareness around data center water consumption.

Teraco Data Centre in South Africa. Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.






