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Salience is on the ground in Nairobi, as government stakeholders and development partners align on the technical, financial, and governance roadmap to advance national connectivity.

Stay tuned, more videos and interviews are coming soon.

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The discussion focused on tower fiberization, open-access FTTx, and more efficient management of state-owned fiber assets. A breakout session identified key benefits, risks, and practical next steps to advance these proposals.

There was strong interest and active participation, highlighting momentum to support the new government’s forward-looking digital agenda.

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Bringing together IPAs from all 21 COMESA Member States, alongside investors, policymakers, and development partners, the forum enabled high-impact B2B and G2B discussions on growth sectors, market entry strategies, and sustainable collaboration.

The agenda featured ICT-focused high-level forums on ICT and BPO investment, as well as discussions on investing across the artificial intelligence stack, highlighting the growing importance of digital transformation across the region.

A great opportunity to connect, exchange insights, and support Africa’s ongoing economic transformation.

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Our regional client footprint has expanded to Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Comoros as well as extension of services with new clients coming from the energy sector. This followed more engagements with EU funds and regional private equity investors.

We look forward to continuing to support transformative initiatives that drive long-term impact across Kenya and the wider region.

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Ethiopia hosts over one million refugees under one of Africa’s most progressive refugee policies. Expanding reliable broadband infrastructure in refugee and host community areas is critical to enabling humanitarian operations and unlocking access to communication, education, financial services, and other essential services. Digital inclusion is not just about connectivity, it is a foundation for resilience, economic participation, and long-term integration.

As part of this initiative, our team is currently on a mission in Ethiopia, working closely with the ECA project team and meeting key stakeholders from both private and public domains. The objective is clear: translate assessment insights into actionable, high-impact interventions that accelerate deployment, strengthen coordination, and ensure sustainable connectivity solutions that meaningfully improve the lives of refugees and host communities alike.

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At Salience, we are incredibly proud to have supported Beyon throughout the analytical and bid preparation journey behind this win. From financial, technical and commercial analysis to strategic positioning and bid development, this was a true team effort so we are very happy with the successful selection.

The announcement, made in Kuwait by KAPP, marks the next phase in establishing a project company under a 50-year Public Private Partnership agreement. Under this agreement, Beyon will design, finance, build, operate, and maintain Kuwait’s nationwide high-speed fiber broadband network, with a total investment exceeding $2.8 billion over the lifetime of the partnership.

As someone who has been involved in a number of regional national fibre broadband initiatives and successful implementation in Oman we are looking forward to Kuwait’s new developments!

Proud of the Salience team behind this success story.

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As one of the most disaster-prone countries globally, resilient digital infrastructure is both a strategic and national priority. Reliable broadband connectivity during crisis is essential for emergency response, continuity of government services, access to healthcare and financial systems, and overall community safety. By reinforcing the resilience of the national broadband network, the project supports long-term economic stability, social inclusion, and climate adaptation efforts.

This engagement reflects our commitment to delivering lasting value through resilient digital infrastructure – Strengthening networks, supporting communities and ensuring connectivity when it matters the most.

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Across these sectors, one message was consistent: the next wave of growth will be enabled by trusted, scalable ICT foundations, from connectivity and platforms to data governance, cybersecurity, and AI-ready infrastructure.

We had a number of valuable discussions focused on where the market is heading and what partners need to move from ambition to execution, particularly around demand signals, adoption barriers, and what “ready for scale” truly means.

A standout conversation was with the HUMAIN team, exploring current market demand, monetizing AI, near-term priorities, and the conditions required to accelerate adoption across region and industries.

As we continue supporting the Saudi ICT ecosystem, our focus remains on translating these conversations into practical value, helping partners deliver solutions that are bankable, interoperable, and built for long-term outcomes.

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As MENA accelerates toward a data-driven, AI-enabled economy, the session explored how the region can meet the gigawatt-scale power demands of hyperscale campuses and GPU clusters, and what must change to ensure energy does not become the bottleneck to AI growth.

Ivan was joined by Matthew Rix, Director, Sales at DataVolt; Shelly Landsmann, Advisory Board Chairman at NED; Menno Parsons, CEO at Master Power Technologies; Domagoj Talapko, Market Development Manager at ABB; and Priyanka Nagpal, Director of Data Centre Capital Markets at JLL.

The discussion looked at the current view of powering large scale data centres with examples from the region such as Datavolt and NED. It noted the need to be agile in the way power set-up is approached as the industry is developing and the AI chipsets are redefining the power needs so agility is required in order not to be stuck in continuous power retrofits. Also the requirement of “green” Data Centre might be misleading and just tick in a box where realities are not always aligned with the concept and some flexibility and logical reasoning might be required. Renewables as growing trends supported from government level in the MENA were highlighted as well as potentially regional policy around power economics and pricing. Finally the people angle and lack of enough resources to build and operate these DC was discussed with some industry calls for collaboration in enabling training centres.

A timely, forward-looking conversation on how bold reform and private innovation can power the next wave of AI at scale across MENA.

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