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South Africa strengthened its recovery in the first half of 2026, welcoming 5.58 million international visitors as rising demand from across the continent helped sustain one of the industry’s strongest growth rates since the pandemic.

Africa is home to 18% of the world’s people but holds less than 1% of global data centre capacity, and only about 40% of its population is online. That gap in compute, connectivity, and digital skills is what a new pan-African research call wants to close.