AI promises new opportunities for African businesses, but it also risks deepening technological dependency. Real digital sovereignty will depend less on where data is stored than on who owns the infrastructure, talent and platforms that create value from it.
Africa spends more than $100 billion a year importing food, but that dependence also represents one of the continent's biggest commercial opportunities. Cutting the import bill by $20 billion will require investment in processing, procurement, branding and AI-but the prize will go to the businesses
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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz exposed a hard truth: production alone cannot protect economies from global shocks. As Africa invests in refineries, agriculture and industrial capacity, it must also answer a more fundamental question-who will own and control the strategic reserves that underpin
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[Leadership] The Lagos State Government has accused some bloggers, social media influencers and political actors of deliberately circulating fake and misleading images and videos of flooding from other states and countries to create what it described as a false narrative about the flood situation in
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