AfricaWorks Insights
AfricaWorks Insights
May 26, 2025 at 02:22 PM
🇳🇬 Terrahaptix, a Nigerian autonomous systems startup, clinched a $1.2M deal 🤑 over an Israeli rival to deploy AI-powered drones and sentry towers at two hydroelectric plants, securing stable annual revenue through software subscriptions. 🔐 Their Artemis OS, which detects threats like bandits and ammo levels, was key to winning the contract, boosting their expansion across Africa with 75% of sales now outside Nigeria. 🌍 🇳🇬 Nigeria launched an AfCFTA air corridor via Uganda Airlines to boost exports to Kenya, Uganda & South Africa, slashing logistics costs by 50–75% ✈️📦. It supports trade in textiles, cosmetics, and agro-products, with new tariff cuts and digital protocols enhancing market access and competitiveness across Africa 🌍📉. 🇳🇬 Nigeria will commission two lithium processing plants in 2025, a $600M facility near Kaduna and a $200M refinery near Abuja shifting from raw exports to local value-add 💎🏭. Backed 80% by Chinese investors, the move aims to boost jobs, tech, and manufacturing, as part of mining sector reforms and rising global demand for high-grade lithium ⚡🔋. 📡 Zambia commissioned a new communication tower in Kalunkumya village to boost mobile access for 10,000+ people across MTN, Airtel & Zamtel (2G–4G) 📶. It’s part of a 51-Tower Project aiming for 80 towers by 2025 to bridge the digital divide and expand access to mobile banking, e-payments, and emergency services in rural areas 🇿🇲💻.
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