East Africa’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Crafting National AI Strategies for the Region in the Face of the Global Tech Revolution
Over 90% of artificial intelligence (AI) research is from North America, Europe, and China, with less than 5% coming from Africa. As the world rapidly enters an era defined by an AI revolution, East Africa finds itself lagging significantly.
The Delicate Dance of Tech Titans and Sovereign States: The Geopolitical Stakes Surrounding Data Ownership in Africa
In 2017, Kenya would go on to conduct what would become one of its most hotly contested elections to date, against the backdrop of the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2016. Facebook, present-day Meta, would play a complicit hand in undermining this young democracy’s sovereignty via the exploitation of the country's data.
Weighing Up Uganda’s Options for Smarter Resource Management: Charting a Brighter Waste Future Using Regression Analysis
Like many developing countries, waste management challenges are worsened by rapid urbanisation and population growth. This rapid increase has directly contributed to the growing volume of waste.
Leveraging AI in Agriculture: A Focus on Ugandan Coffee
In Uganda coffee is a major part of the economy, with over 1.8 million households growing it, contributing to almost a third of the country's export earnings. Given these factors, it is essential for both the private and public sectors to explore technological solutions that leverage data and artificial intelligence to increase crop yield.
Blockchain as a Tool for Election Validity
The integrity of elections serves as a foundational pillar in any democratic society, ensuring that the will of the people is both respected and accurately represented. While bringing major improvements in efficiency and transparency to electoral processes, the growing role of digital technologies also opens up new major vulnerabilities.
Leveraging AI in Oil and Gas: The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transcend society and industry as novel developments and applications are created and implemented. Amid ongoing debate on how technology may disrupt industries, this article aims to assess how AI can increase efficiency across functions of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
Analysing East Africa’s Cyber Landscape
The East African region finds itself at the forefront of a rapidly evolving digital landscape, where the growth of technology is met with an escalating threat – cybercrime.
