CEO Sunil Taldar announced to Mobile delegates World Congress 2025 in Kigali that Airtel Africa, the telecommunications group present in 14 African countries, would invest in data centers in Nigeria and Kenya.

Airtel Africa is building important centers of data in Nigeria and Kenya as part of a larger effort to localize data processing and strengthen digital infrastructure of Africa. According to CEO Sunil Taldar, data center projects of Airtel Africa in Nigeria and Kenya would function as platforms regional digital technologies, supporting cloud computing, fintech and AI-based innovation. This initiative for the latter, reflects the company's ambition to create a connected Africa, where data is processed locally, talents are developed nationally and innovation is being deployed on a global scale.

Taldar also states that “this requires partnerships between operators who build together, manufacturers of technologies that equip, the regulatory agencies that enable, investors who believe, tax regimes that support and young Africans who create.”

Likewise, he believes that the next revolution of telecommunications in Africa would be based on partnerships, intelligence artificial and data centers, pillars he described as essential to boost productivity and support the digital growth of mainland.