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Cyber governance in Africa: politics, sovereignty and cooperation
African cyber governance plays out at the crossroads of political decision, sovereignty and regional cooperation.
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#BoomingAfrica: frugal innovation and digital sovereignty
Between myths, models and realities, can frugal innovation serve genuine African digital sovereignty?
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Frugal innovation fascinates: doing more with less, bypassing infrastructure constraints. But the triumphalist narrative often masks persistent dependencies.
A frugal solution built on foreign platforms does not strengthen sovereignty: it relocates it. The decisive criterion is control of data and critical layers.
Digital sovereignty is not decreed by slogan. It is built through mastery of standards, infrastructure and skills.
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