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Image credits

106 images across 42 stories — all Creative Commons or public domain.

• The Billion-Dollar Data Centre That Kenya's Grid Couldn't PromisePhoto: Robert Scoble (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Fewer, Bigger, Later: The Shape of Africa's 2026 Funding RecoveryPhoto: flazingo_photos (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Central Bank Draws a Line Through Nigeria's Biggest FintechsPhoto: Shardayyy (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Tariff Hike That Paid for ItselfPhoto: JeepersMedia (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Nigeria Wants a Sovereign AI. Its R&D Budget Tells a Different Story.Photo: theglobalpanorama (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Twenty-Two-Year-Olds Building Nigeria's DronesPhoto: Don McCullough (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Ghana Lost the Internet for a Day. It Won't Be the Last Cable Cut.Photo: fennfoot (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Africa's Biggest Deal of the Year Runs on Two WheelsPhoto: D-Stanley (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Patient Money ArrivesPhoto: Waceke kamau · CC BY-SA 4.0
• The Patient Money ArrivesPhoto: Rod Waddington (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Patient Money ArrivesPhoto: DFID - UK Department for International Development (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Lagos in May: The Founders Who Kept BuildingPhoto: Subomi07 (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Lagos in May: The Founders Who Kept BuildingPhoto: zouzouwizman (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Lagos in May: The Founders Who Kept BuildingPhoto: zouzouwizman (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• When the Grid Fails, the Grid Goes PrivatePhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• When the Grid Fails, the Grid Goes PrivatePhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• When the Grid Fails, the Grid Goes PrivatePhoto: DFID - UK Department for International Development (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Startup That Counts the Children the System Cannot SeePhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Startup That Counts the Children the System Cannot SeePhoto: NeoSpire (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Startup That Counts the Children the System Cannot SeePhoto: Idaho National Laboratory (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Your Next Customer Is a RobotPhoto: Cory M. Grenier (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Your Next Customer Is a RobotPhoto: jurvetson (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Your Next Customer Is a RobotPhoto: jurvetson (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Strategy That Cannot Say No: Africa's AI Sovereignty ParadoxPhoto: Noah Sussman (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Strategy That Cannot Say No: Africa's AI Sovereignty ParadoxPhoto: NeoSpire (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Strategy That Cannot Say No: Africa's AI Sovereignty ParadoxPhoto: jurvetson (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Price of a Phone Call Nobody Has Touched Since 2018Photo: ell brown (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Price of a Phone Call Nobody Has Touched Since 2018Photo: AMISOM Public Information (via Openverse) · CC0 1.0
• The Price of a Phone Call Nobody Has Touched Since 2018Photo: AMISOM Public Information (via Openverse) · CC0 1.0
• Nigerian Artists Made ₦58 Billion on Spotify. Most of the Deal Went Abroad.Photo: Steve Snodgrass (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• From Whot to the World StagePhoto: airpanther (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• From Whot to the World StagePhoto: satanoid (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• From Whot to the World StagePhoto: afromusing (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Blueprint That FliesPhoto: Andrew Turner (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Blueprint That FliesPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Blueprint That FliesPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Billion-Dollar Sprint: Inside Africa's Lopsided 2026 ComebackPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Billion-Dollar Sprint: Inside Africa's Lopsided 2026 ComebackPhoto: UNCTAD (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Billion-Dollar Sprint: Inside Africa's Lopsided 2026 ComebackPhoto: pingnews.com (via Openverse) · Public Domain
• Showmax Is Dead. Nollywood Is Not Waiting Around.Photo: Bestvillage (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Teaching the Machine to Pronounce YorubaPhoto: NeoSpire (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Teaching the Machine to Pronounce YorubaPhoto: orcmid (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Teaching the Machine to Pronounce YorubaPhoto: Orange County Archives (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Hundred-Megawatt Promise That Runs on Its Own PowerPhoto: Chippla · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
• The Hundred-Megawatt Promise That Runs on Its Own PowerPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Hundred-Megawatt Promise That Runs on Its Own PowerPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Five-Hundred-Million-Dollar Blind SpotPhoto: Dubdem • Música • Design • Sound System (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Five-Hundred-Million-Dollar Blind SpotPhoto: dejankrsmanovic (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Five-Hundred-Million-Dollar Blind SpotPhoto: The African Union Mission in Somalia (via Openverse) · CC0 1.0
• The Rounds That Vanished First: Why the Recovery Skipped Women FoundersPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Rounds That Vanished First: Why the Recovery Skipped Women FoundersPhoto: pingnews.com (via Openverse) · Public Domain
• The Rounds That Vanished First: Why the Recovery Skipped Women FoundersPhoto: pingnews.com (via Openverse) · Public Domain
• The Currency the State Built and the Market IgnoredPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Currency the State Built and the Market IgnoredPhoto: Axel Bührmann (via Openverse) · Public Domain
• The Currency the State Built and the Market IgnoredPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Arena Comes to LagosPhoto: Dubdem • Música • Design • Sound System (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Arena Comes to LagosPhoto: satanoid (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Arena Comes to LagosPhoto: zouzouwizman (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Cable That Couldn't Go StraightPhoto: Fibonacci Blue (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Cable That Couldn't Go StraightPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Cable That Couldn't Go StraightPhoto: DFID - UK Department for International Development (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Streaming Retreat and the Rise of the ChannelPhoto: dejankrsmanovic (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Streaming Retreat and the Rise of the ChannelPhoto: MonteQarlo (via Openverse) · CC BY 3.0
• The Streaming Retreat and the Rise of the ChannelPhoto: satanoid (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Sky Stops Being a Monopoly: Inside Nigeria's New Orbital RailsPhoto: Tim Reckmann · CC BY 2.0
• The Sky Stops Being a Monopoly: Inside Nigeria's New Orbital RailsPhoto: zouzouwizman (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Sky Stops Being a Monopoly: Inside Nigeria's New Orbital RailsPhoto: afromusing (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Sixty Billion Naira and the Half-Cent QuestionPhoto: Clara Sanchiz · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sixty Billion Naira and the Half-Cent QuestionPhoto: dejankrsmanovic (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Sixty Billion Naira and the Half-Cent QuestionPhoto: dejankrsmanovic (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Open Banking Finally Gets a Date — and a ReckoningPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Open Banking Finally Gets a Date — and a ReckoningPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Open Banking Finally Gets a Date — and a ReckoningPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Forty-Dollar Threshold: The Price That Decides Who Comes OnlinePhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Forty-Dollar Threshold: The Price That Decides Who Comes OnlinePhoto: USAG-Humphreys (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Forty-Dollar Threshold: The Price That Decides Who Comes OnlinePhoto: Dave Catchpole (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Factory That Makes ThinkingPhoto: Mark Hillary · CC BY 2.0
• The Factory That Makes ThinkingPhoto: NeoSpire (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Factory That Makes ThinkingPhoto: jared (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Debt Tide: How African Startups Learned to BorrowPhoto: HALDANE MARTIN (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Debt Tide: How African Startups Learned to BorrowPhoto: UNCTAD (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Debt Tide: How African Startups Learned to BorrowPhoto: pingnews.com (via Openverse) · Public Domain
• The Routing Line From Nairobi to AccraPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Routing Line From Nairobi to AccraPhoto: NeoSpire (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Routing Line From Nairobi to AccraPhoto: NeoSpire (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Sky Gets Crowded Over LagosPhoto: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Sky Gets Crowded Over LagosPhoto: satanoid (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Sky Gets Crowded Over LagosPhoto: satanoid (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Thirty-Four-Million-Dollar Bet on African DefencePhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Thirty-Four-Million-Dollar Bet on African DefencePhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Thirty-Four-Million-Dollar Bet on African DefencePhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Papaoutai and the Fingerprint ProblemPhoto: Intel Free Press (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Papaoutai and the Fingerprint ProblemPhoto: Noah Sussman (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Papaoutai and the Fingerprint ProblemPhoto: Noah Sussman (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Sixteen Days, Two Satellites: Algeria's Quiet Space SprintPhoto: wikimedia (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sixteen Days, Two Satellites: Algeria's Quiet Space SprintPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Sixteen Days, Two Satellites: Algeria's Quiet Space SprintPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Naira-First: The Rail That Skips New YorkPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Naira-First: The Rail That Skips New YorkPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• Naira-First: The Rail That Skips New YorkPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Machine That Learns to ListenPhoto: jurvetson (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Machine That Learns to ListenPhoto: North Charleston (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Machine That Learns to ListenPhoto: cbowns (via Openverse) · CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Reckoning: What Africa's Tech Layoffs Taught the SurvivorsPhoto: U.S. Geological Survey (via Openverse) · CC0 1.0
• The Reckoning: What Africa's Tech Layoffs Taught the SurvivorsPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0
• The Reckoning: What Africa's Tech Layoffs Taught the SurvivorsPhoto: US Army Africa (via Openverse) · CC BY 2.0