
#BoomingAfrica: frugal innovation and digital sovereignty
Between myths, models and realities, can frugal innovation serve genuine African digital sovereignty?
At the heart of the Sino-American tech rivalry, Africa is a contested ground. With what stakes?

The digital Silk Road extends strategic competition to cables, data centers and mobile networks. Africa holds a coveted position in it.
Infrastructure financed by a power creates lasting dependencies. Choosing a supplier is also, in part, choosing an alignment.
The stake for African states is to preserve their room for maneuver, by diversifying partners and suppliers rather than enduring a duopoly.

Between myths, models and realities, can frugal innovation serve genuine African digital sovereignty?

African cyber governance plays out at the crossroads of political decision, sovereignty and regional cooperation.

Can the proven principles of military strategy inform the conduct of operations in cyberspace?