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Africa Streaming & Infrastructure Registry

country profiles, company records, tracked cross-border patterns, commitments, deadlines and ownership and control records — with sourced evidence on every entry.

What this is: every country and island state in the registry, with everything tracked there.

Pick up to four countries to see them side by side.

Click a country to open its profile. Click it again, or the × below, to close.

Recent Activity

Documented market developments by event date.

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What this is: related activity across countries and dates, grouped into one pattern — including company expansion, distribution shifts and regulatory treatment.

What this is: commitments and pending outcomes tracked after announcement, including open, resolved and closed paths.

Open — no outcome yet, still genuinely unresolved
Resolved — a later event answered the question
Closed — this specific path was ruled out (a different path may still be open)
Stale — 12+ months with zero visible movement; may be quietly shelved

What this is: who controls each operator — or what the public record can and cannot establish about control.

Majority foreign ownership — a confirmed non-African entity holds the controlling stake
Foreign state ownership — a foreign government or its investment fund holds the controlling stake
Domestic state ownership / control — the government owns the operator outright or retains the controlling stake
No foreign controlling stake identified — the available disclosures show African founders or companies in control; this describes what's disclosed, not a full cap-table audit
No controlling shareholder identified — publicly traded with dispersed ownership; no single party holds a majority
Ownership not publicly disclosed — no reliable public record of who actually controls it

What this is: events mapped to tracked companies and operators, regrouped so each operator’s recorded activity appears in one place. Regulator- and government-led events may not map to a company record.

What this is: a live summary of what the Registry currently holds, where coverage is concentrated, and the dated release history.