Our final installment in a multi-country, multi-year collab. in Southern Africa highlights the need to reassess advocacy tools like the African Declaration on Internet Rights & Freedoms. Edetaen Ojo outlines key emerging issues demanding urgent action. See shorturl.at/tzVcp

AI's next frontier could supercharge tax havens - and the implications could be acute suggests Scott Timcke. His latest Afrika Techno Policy commentary outlines three elements to a coordinated global response to the emerging reality of "agentic AI". 1/2 afrikatechnopolicy.blogspot.com/2025/02/ais-ne…

"A democratic future depends on our ability to make AI’s power legitimate": powerful, crisp analysis by Scott Timcke. How Agentic AI challenges democracy. transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/03/04/how…

"One of the most difficult challenges posed by agentic #AI is how to assign responsibility when something goes wrong." Scott Timcke ow.ly/GTFT50Vaa1v

South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia: a new DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social report with a focus on connectivity, digital public infrastructure, and artificial intelligence. atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…

The hasty deployment of AI in government demands caution. "It is essential prudence when the mechanisms of democracy itself are at stake", cautions Scott Timcke in his latest Afrika Techno Policy blog. 1/2 afrikatechnopolicy.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-ha…

This is excellent news, Ambassador. China will continue to be a priority for South Africa's efforts to enhance its agricultural exports. While we currently lack extensive access to China for our agricultural products, tremendous potential exists. South Africa has lagged behind

A Digital Transformation of Government Roadmap for South Africa has been approved by the cabinet. It addresses issues of interdepartmental coordination, outdated systems, overlapping mandates, and limited skills or capacity, which affect public service delivery, efficiency.

Stakeholders concerned with regulating AI for just ends should note three lessons from the environmental justice movement, says Nelson Otieno in his latest Afrika Techno Policy blog. afrikatechnopolicy.blogspot.com/2025/04/connec…

Nelson Otieno: "The space for AI development is a complex one...Lessons from the environmental justice perspective shows how we must not shift our eyes from the goal of justice as we navigate the advent of AI and its increased deployment."

We are 3 days away from the M20 Summit! 🗞️ A two-day conference on media and information integrity running on the sidelines of the G20 programme in South Africa. The M20 initiative highlights media, journalism and information integrity issues relevant to the G20 process and