The second expert to be featured in 7 minute futures is Gbenga Sesan, a tech entrepreneur and digital rights activist who is working across Africa. His answers weren’t focused on a specific technology like AI or a specific right like privacy. Instead, he pointed to a force of human nature: agency.

This perspective, coming from a continent experiencing explosive technological growth, signals a global shift. But it also reveals a core tension. While this new generation will demand a digital world that respects their autonomy, our existing political and technological structures are built to resist exactly that change.

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