On the surface, Western data centers in Africa appear as investment. However, a closer look reveals the immense pressure these centers put on the continent's fragile energy grids and water resources. Hence, this episode confronts the defining question: Who will control Africa’s AI infrastructure, and at what cost?

On the surface, Western data centers in Africa appear as investment. However, a closer look reveals the immense pressure these centers put on the continent's fragile energy grids and water resources. Hence, this episode confronts the defining question: Who will control Africa’s AI infrastructure, and at what cost?

On the surface, Western data centers in Africa appear as investment. However, a closer look reveals the immense pressure these centers put on the continent's fragile energy grids and water resources. Hence, this episode confronts the defining question: Who will control Africa’s AI infrastructure, and at what cost?

Cables, Code, and Control: The Case for African AI Sovereignty

Pan-African Frequency explores Africa’s growing influence in a world no longer ruled by one superpower. Each episode unpacks the intellectual, political, economic, and sociocultural forces defining 21st-century geopolitics and shaping the transition from a unipolar to a multipolar global order.

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Cables, Code, and Control: The Case for African AI Sovereignty

Cables, Code, and Control: The Case for African AI Sovereignty