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Geopolitics

Generative AI in Africa: Promise or Peril in the Post-Colonial Digital Age?

Generative AI holds transformative potential for Africa's development, particularly in education and poverty reduction. It is absolutely vital that this technological revolution benefits all Africans, not just the privileged few, or we risk perpetuating colonial-era inequalities under a digital guise.

Geopolitics

The Digital Colonization of Africa: Biometric Systems as Neo-Imperial Instruments

Biometric and digital identification systems are rapidly expanding across Africa, with 49 countries implementing at least one form of biometric system and 35 using them in elections. This technological colonization by Western and Chinese corporations threatens to create unprecedented surveillance states that will systematically exclude and disenfranchise Africa's most vulnerable populations.