IT & Telecom Tenders in Africa

Information technology and telecommunications procurement is one of the fastest-growing segments of African public spending, fuelled by national digital transformation agendas and e-government programmes. Typical opportunities include software development and licensing, ERP and management information systems, data centres, network and connectivity infrastructure, cybersecurity, biometric identity systems and IT support services. Buyers range from ministries of digital economy and ICT authorities to central banks, tax administrations, universities and telecom regulators, and contract sizes vary widely from small software licences to multi-year national platforms. Bidanga aggregates 11,781 active IT and telecom opportunities from public bodies across the continent into a single searchable feed.

Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria and Senegal stand out for large digital-government tenders, frequently co-financed by the World Bank, the AfDB or the European Union. Many contracts are awarded through framework agreements or request-for-proposals processes that weigh technical capacity heavily, and may require local registration or partnership. Vendors are often asked to evidence certifications, completed deployments of comparable scale and credible after-sales and maintenance commitments, while data sovereignty and local hosting clauses appear more and more frequently. Browse every live IT and telecom tender below, filter by country, contract value or deadline, and set a free alert to capture new digital and connectivity opportunities as soon as they are published.