Digital Africa: Building for the Next Billion

By 2030, more than one billion Africans will be online — most of them mobile-first, prepaid, and under thirty. Digital Africa is a strategic guide to building the products, rails, and companies that will serve them.

Drawing on primary research across fifteen African economies, the book maps the infrastructure gaps, regulatory shifts, and consumer behaviours that define the next decade. It offers operators a clear-eyed view of what actually scales on the continent — from agent networks and USSD to stablecoin corridors and instant onboarding.

This is not another Afro-optimism pitch. It is a working manual for the founders, investors, and policymakers who intend to build the systems the next billion will rely on.