The Africa Innovation Impact Report, which was compiled by Talking Drum Communications, a communications consultancy that works with African technology companies, and Survey54, an artificial intelligence-powered market research company, revealed that, four out of five of Africans stated that recent developments in African technology had impacted the perception of the continent.
When asked which African technology stories they were most excited to read about, 29.8 per cent said: 'funding stories,' closely followed by 'expansion stories' and 'partnership stories' . The Africa Innovation Impact Report highlighted job creation as the biggest advantage of Africa's growing digital economy, which is more than exposure of the younger population to technology , growing financial inclusion and the potential to plug infrastructure gaps on the continent .