Monday
June 22
2026

Analysis: Pushing Back from Big Tech: Africa’s Hard Road to AI Sovereignty

By Ananya Bhattacharya

Africa’s four biggest tech economies have each drafted artificial intelligence strategies admitting they depend too heavily on Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Meta for infrastructure and want more control over the terms.

Photo courtesy of Vu Hoang.

Source: Rest of World (link opens in a new window)

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Technology
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artificial intelligence, corporations, data, digital inclusion, governance, infrastructure