Watch the recently concluded webinar hosted by Jeune Afrique and Huawei themed “DCs & Cloud Can Africa Catch up?“. The highly engaging session featured panelists Patrice Tano, Deputy Managing Director, West Africa Data Bridge; Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Funke Opeke; Managing Director, Africa Data Centres, Paul-Francois Cattier; Vice President Cloud and AI Africa, Huawei Northern Africa, Mounir Soussi and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chari Maroc, Ismael Belkhayat.

Moderated by an Associate Partner at Dalberg, Annette Chan, the discourse centered on  data centers creation and how to capitalise on energy innovation, secure resources supply and attract investors , digital independance, infrastructure development  and the role of the governments, as well as cloud computing as a key success factor for African start-ups .