Africa’s Scale Of Connectivity, Cloud, Capital On Focus At Hyperscalers’ Conference

Technology experts are expected to converge at the Hyperscalers Convergence Africa 2025 in Lagos on October 7, 2025, to debate how the continent can scale connectivity, cloud, and capital.

The event is a one-day gathering of digital infrastructure operators designed to chart the future of Africa’s digital economy. Organised by Africa Hyperscalers, the conference will convene policymakers, investors, and industry leaders to debate how the continent can scale data centres, expand connectivity, unlock patient capital, and build trusted digital infrastructure.

According to the organisers, the agenda will tackle Africa’s most urgent priorities—from the journey to 2,500MW of data centre capacity to weaving subsea and terrestrial fibre into a resilient backbone to preparing enterprises for an AI-driven future.

The organisers stated the themes are critical: “ Fixed broadband still reaches fewer than six per cent of households, most local cloud infrastructure remains clustered in four markets, and last-mile access for homes, SMEs, and rural areas is limited—deepening the digital divide.

“With Africa’s population projected to hit 2.4 billion by 2050, the demand for localised, secure digital services is pressing. Open-access infrastructure, harmonised regulation, and workforce development will decide whether Africa captures its digital future or depends on others.”

The COO,  IHS and 2025 Conference chairperson, Kazeem Oladepo, said, Africa’s digital trajectory is being shaped now as connectivity, compute, and capital will decide whether the continent captures the value of its own digital future. We must take advantage of this window of opportunity.

The conference will feature keynote addresses, panel sessions, and networking opportunities designed to foster collaboration across private sector operators, governments, and financiers.

Confirmed speakers include Bill Kleyman, chief executive officer of Apolo.US and executive chair for Data Centre Programmes at Informa; Guy Zibi, managing Partner of Xalam Analytics; and Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

Operators seeking strategic visibility and regional partnerships, investors scouting infrastructure-ready opportunities, policymakers shaping regulatory frameworks, tech platforms and hyperscalers building Africa’s cloud and AI ecosystems, and builders and innovators ready to showcase ideas and learn from peers were expected to attend.