-PUBLISHER’S NOTE
AFRICA Briefing’s cover story by Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola raises a question the continent can no longer postpone: will Africa shape the artificial intelligence revolution, or again supply the raw materials while others capture the wealth?
His warning about AI image rights, data extraction and technological dependence points to a broader struggle over sovereignty. Africa’s next independence battle will not be fought only over land, minerals or trade routes. It will also be fought over photographs, voices, languages, health records and the digital traces generated every day by African citizens.
Africa’s battle for AI sovereignty
Africa’s data is powering the AI revolution. The urgent question is whether Africans will control the infrastructure, rules and rewards.
Africa braces for life after aid
Foreign assistance is retreating fast. Africa must mobilise its own capital or risk essential services collapsing under a harsher global order.
France’s retreat changes little
FranceAfrique is fading, but replacing Paris with Moscow or Beijing is not liberation. Real sovereignty begins with strong African institutions.
Sudan’s war feeds on foreign power
Sudan’s conflict runs on foreign weapons, money and logistics. Peace will remain diplomatic theatre until those external lifelines are cut.
Can the ECO finally deliver?
West Africa’s common currency promises unity, but weak convergence and unresolved governance keep the ECO closer to ambition than reality.
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