Geopolitics
The Digital Scramble for Africa: How AI Data Deficit Perpetuates Neo-Colonial Erasure
The profound data deficit amounting to less than 1% of AI training data coming from Africa, despite the continent being home to nearly 20% of humanity, constitutes a digital colonization that risks erasing African languages, cultures, and realities. This systemic exclusion engineered by Western tech hegemony is a civilizational crime that perpetuates imperialist control and silences the vibrant voices of the Global South.
