In the increasingly acrimonious competition between the U.S. and China over technology standards, it’s often assumed that smaller countries in places like Africa lack the necessary agency to determine their digital destinies.
In some instances, that is, in fact, true, given that technology is developing much faster than most governments, particularly those with weak state capacity, can regulate. But it’s also starting to change as a new generation of young thought leaders is laying out a bold vision for how African countries can more effectively assert digital sovereignty.
Folashadé Soulé, a senior researcher at the Global Economic Governance program at Oxford University and a leading Africa-China scholar, led a pioneering research project that explored Africa’s digital partnerships in the context of the burgeoning U.S.-China rivalry. She joins Eric & Cobus from Accra to discuss the project’s key findings.
Show Notes:
Oxford University Global Economic Governance Programme: Negotiating Africa’s digital partnerships: interview series
Negotiating Africa’s Digital Partnerships: Complex negotiations require a more strategic approach by Eliud Owalo
Negotiating Africa’s Digital Partnerships: The pursuit of digital sovereignty and local data ownership has implications for local capacity development by Motolani Peltola
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