by The Fikiria Desk | Apr 20, 2023 | Property
An AI policy reads like a document about software. Underneath, it is a claim on physical things — buildings, power, land and the corridors that connect them. Data does not live in the cloud; it lives in a rack, in a room, in a facility that needs cooling, electricity...
by The Fikiria Desk | Apr 2, 2023 | Property
Property – Construction & Engineering · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · June 2026 The donkey cart is a familiar sight on many rural routes, dependable and cheap, but ill-suited to ferrying children to school. In April 2023, education authorities directed...
by The Fikiria Desk | Dec 19, 2022 | Property
A submarine cable is imagined as a line on a map of the sea, but its economics are decided on land. The PEACE cable entered commercial service this week with a landing in Djibouti, adding a high-capacity route between Asia, Africa and Europe. The route across the...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 6, 2022 | Property
A mobile signal feels weightless, but it stands on concrete, steel and secured land. On 6 October 2022, Safaricom Ethiopia began commercial service, and behind the invisible network is a very physical build: towers, fibre routes, power, and the land and permits that...
by The Fikiria Desk | Mar 29, 2022 | Property
A single market is drawn on a map, but it is delivered in concrete, steel and cleared land. East Africa’s integration has often run ahead of the physical corridors needed to carry it, leaving trade agreements waiting on roads, bridges and border posts. On 29...