Democracy in code: How digital power is reshaping sovereignty in Africa

Democracy in code: How digital power is reshaping sovereignty in Africa

Zambia’s election reveals a new democratic battleground: the smartphone. From fake results and premature victory claims to algorithm-driven misinformation and AI-generated deception, political power is increasingly mediated by technologies controlled beyond national borders—raising an urgent question for Africa: who governs democracy when democracy itself is being written in code?

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