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Storipod, a mobile-focused microblogging platform designed for African creators, has struck a deal with Narrative Landscape Press to bring books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and other leading African writers onto its mobile reading platform, a move that could grow its local content push. The agreement will see titles from the Lagos-based publisher distributed digitally via Storipod, as both companies look to widen access to African literature in markets where readers are increasingly consuming content on their phones rather than in print. With weak distribution and high prices limiting print sales, many publishers, including media outlets, are turning to mobile platforms to reach readers who are already consuming most content on their phones. “This partnership represents our shared commitment to making African literature accessible to everyone, everywhere,” Eghosa Imasuen, co-founder of Narrative Landscape Press, told TechCabal. Storipod’s model seeks to increase access to African literature across the continent. Its platform allows readers to unlock books chapter by chapter, a micropayment approach designed to lower upfront costs and align with mobile consumption habits. Once accessed, chapters remain in a user’s digital library. The initial rollout will include several high-profile titles, among them Dream Count by Adichie, alongside works by Chude Jideonwo, Adorah Nworah, Pede Hollist, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and Nikki May. The agreement gives Narrative Landscape a digital route to global audiences while retaining control over intellectual property, a sensitive issue in an industry where piracy and weak enforcement have historically undermined revenues. Beyond distribution, the partnership suggests a shift within African publishing towards prioritising digital rights management and alternative revenue models in response to shifting consumer behaviour. For Storipod, the partnership will add literary weight to a platform it claims already hosts more than 150,000 creators and is available in over 170 countries. “The completion of this agreement sets a new standard for the continent’s publishing infrastructure,” James Nelson, co-founder and chief executive of Storipod, told TechCabal. “Our model aligns with modern consumption habits while ensuring creators are compensated for every tap.”The deal bets on rising internet and smartphone use. In Nigeria—the two companies’ core markets—mobile devices account for more than 80% of web traffic, with roughly 100 million internet users. Across Africa, smartphone penetration is projected to reach 700 million by the end of 2026, according to GSMA’s Handset Affordability Coalition.
Read MoreI sat in on a cloud panel at GITEX Africa in Morocco on April 8, 2026, that was less about how countries and companies are adopting the cloud, but more about who is controlling it. The session, themed ‘Africa’s Cloud Moment – Build Regional or Stay Fragmented,’ brought together Kashifu Abdullahi, director-general of Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and Abderrahmane Mounir, chief executive officer, Maroc Data Centers, Morocco. The session was moderated by Adil Al Youssefi, CEO, Africa Data Centres Kenya. “If digital is a lifestyle to us, then cloud is the oxygen to sustain it,” Abdullahi said. “We need to own and shape and control the oxygen to sustain our lifestyle.” Africa has about 19% of the world’s population. Abdullahi highlighted that it only had 0.6% of the global data center and computing capacity. “We do not control our own digital future. We cannot survive without the cloud; we need to cloudify Africa. But nobody can do it for us; we need to do it ourselves,” the NITDA boss stated. The fragmentation problem The conversation about cloud sovereignty can quickly slip into protectionism, where governments push to keep data within their borders, favour local providers, and limit the role of foreign cloud companies in the name of control. Abdullahi argued that digital self-determination is more important. “It is about us as a sovereign continent having the capacity for digital self-determination. Therefore, we need to work together,” he said. Mounir argued that if every country tries to achieve self-sovereignty, it will come at a cost that can’t scale. “There is an economic challenge to build this fragmented cloud all around the country,” he said. “The effort needs to be done in as many countries on the continent.” Navigating the continent’s macroeconomic challenges is crucial to harnessing the potential of the digital economy, and the only way to do that is to build together, Youssefi noted. Demand for data centre capacity on the continent is expected to rise to two gigawatts by 2030, requiring at least $10 billion in investment, according to projections from McKinsey, a global management consulting firm. Currently, the combined installed capacity of the continent’s top five markets (Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa) is under 500 MW, less than what France had in 2024 (about 800 MW). “Fifty-four African countries cannot build individually. But we also cannot import the solutions from outside. We have to craft our own solutions there,” Youssef said. The building ambition Abdullahi referenced Gaia-X as a template for the continent. The European Union launched Gaia-X in 2020, an initiative that aims to build an interoperable, secure data infrastructure that complies with its standards. The strategy aims to strengthen the EU’s digital sovereignty in the face of the hegemony of North American players. America’s Amazon AWS owns 28% of the global cloud market, followed by Microsoft’s Azure at 21%, and Google Cloud at 14%. In the fourth quarter of 2025, global cloud infrastructure service spending grew to $119 billion, and thanks to the AI boom, the cloud market is expected to keep growing year-on-year. Africa has the Smart Africa Trust Alliance, a cross-border data exchange guideline. The African Continental Free Trade Area also has protocols for digital trade. But experts had noted that the implementation has yet to meet its ambition. “We need to build digital highways between African countries so that we can start creating and capturing value from the data we are creating,” NITDA’s boss said. “We need to look at all those regulations and policies.” Owning the cloud will also entail harmonising data laws. “If you want to push things across the borders, there is the regulation aspect that also has to be cross-border, with all the concepts of data indices to give guarantees and to basically harmonise the regulation between countries,” Mounir said. So, who builds? Shared cloud infrastructure will continue to remain a dream without execution, Youssefi said. On who should take the lead, Abdullahi noted that both the private and public sectors have roles to play. The government has regulatory roles, while the private sector has capital expenditure expectations. Mounir noted that governments must put their skin in the game. “They need to put a piece of investment. That is how it is going to work. It is to have an anchor within the country, to have some sort of institutional investor,” he said. Much of the cloud infrastructure on the continent is currently private sector-led. MTN Nigeria completed the first phase of its $235 million data centre and cloud infrastructure in 2025. Cassava Technologies has launched Africa’s first AI factory in South Africa, where it is deploying thousands of GPUs, Youssefi said. “A couple of thousand GPUs is a drop in the ocean, as we said briefly earlier, compared to what is required across the continent for us to reach the ratio of one in five that we have at the macro level,” he said. Failure to act now will keep Africa out of the fourth industrial age, NITDA’s boss argued, especially with rising AI deployment making the ownership of cloud infrastructure expedient. “We know that who owns our data controls us,” he added.
Read MoreNigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), the country’s state-owned satellite company, earned ₦2.2 billion ($1.6 million) in revenue in 2025, chief executive Jane Egerton-Idehen said. The growth—up from ₦650 million ($470,854) in 2024— comes as questions linger over the future of Nigeria’s only working communications satellite, amid a dispute over $11.4 million in unpaid fees to a Chinese company. Egerton-Idehen described the growth as part of a deliberate trajectory rather than a one-off spike. “It’s not going to be a flat line; it’s a growth curve,” she said during a press briefing in Lagos on Friday. Broadcasting remains the backbone of NIGCOMSAT’s earnings, accounting for more than 50% of total revenue. The company supports over half of Nigeria’s licenced broadcasters, according to Egerton-Idehen. Its next phase of growth will rely on broadband capacity, which she says remains significantly underutilised. “Our biggest opportunity is broadband,” she said. “That’s where the journey to ₦8 billion ($5.8 million) will come from.” The ambition is significant for a company that spent years rebuilding customer trust after the loss of its first satellite in 2008 and years of declining confidence in its services. NIGCOMSAT says it is targeting multiple segments within the broadband market, including consumer internet, enterprise connectivity, and infrastructure support for telecom operators. The growth targets sit against an unresolved operational risk. NigComSat-1R, Nigeria’s only working communications satellite, was built for a 15-year lifespan and has been extended to 2028 through technical upgrades. The government plans to replace it with a new satellite that year, followed by another in 2029. But an ongoing financial and operational dispute with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), which manages the satellite, has raised questions about its reliability in the interim. Egerton-Idehen acknowledged the gaps the company has had to close. “We had to win customers back,” she said. “Some left and never returned because of past experiences. Now we are fixing those gaps—service quality, awareness, and technology upgrades.” A crucial growth area for NIGCOMSAT is cellular backhaul, where satellite capacity is used to connect remote mobile base stations to core networks, particularly critical in rural Nigeria, where laying fibre infrastructure is often uneconomical. State governments have also emerged as a meaningful customer segment, with Adamawa, Gombe, Cross River, and Imo already using NIGCOMSAT’s services for connectivity and digital infrastructure projects. Beyond commercial services, NIGCOMSAT plays a strategic role in Nigeria’s defence and security architecture. Satellite technology enables secure, real-time communication in areas without terrestrial network coverage, such as forests and offshore waters. Egerton-Idehen explained that military operations rely on satellite-enabled systems installed on moving assets like armoured vehicles and naval ships, allowing them to transmit voice, video, and data back to command centres. “In environments where there is no mobile coverage, satellite becomes the only option,” she said. “It can be deployed on anything that moves—or doesn’t move—and that’s critical for national security.”
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