
#BoomingAfrica: frugal innovation and digital sovereignty
Between myths, models and realities, can frugal innovation serve genuine African digital sovereignty?
Can the proven principles of military strategy inform the conduct of operations in cyberspace?

Concentration of force, surprise, economy of means: the classic principles of military strategy echo in cyberspace, provided their application is rethought.
Yet cyber upends cardinal notions: attribution is uncertain, the line between peace and conflict blurs, attacker and defender do not play on equal terms.
For African armies, the challenge is to integrate this dimension without mechanically copying existing models.

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.

Since the Arpanet of the 1960s, Internet governance has taken shape largely without Africa. Can it weigh in?