Share thisIn a landmark move for the continent’s digital infrastructure, Cassava Technologies and AXON Networks have announced a strategic partnership to develop Africa’s first end-to-end “Operator-as-a-Service” (OaaS) platform. The announcement was made during the Counder Conference 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa, an event that gathered 500 global investors and corporate decision-makers. Historically, managing large-scale networks has involved manual configurations that can take days or weeks to implement. Supporting the ‘AI Economy’The OaaS platform is designed to be a foundation for the “AI economy” in Africa. The newly announced platform is designed to revolutionize the continent’s digital landscape by leveraging AI for real-time optimization, which effectively automates complex configurations and reduces operational overhead.