Unprotected and Uncompensated: How Tech Giants Profit From Exploiting Africa's Data
Unprotected and Uncompensated: How Tech Giants Profit From Exploiting Africa's Data
Africa hosts one of the world's fastest-growing digital populations. Analysts estimate that 85 to 95 percent of African data is stored or processed outside the continent, raising concerns about exposure to foreign legal regimes and potential tensions with privacy protections.
#AfricanCurrents sat with Paschal Ogana, Founder & Lead Director, Cybersecurity Intelligence Unit, Abuja, Nigeria, to talk about parallels between historical colonialism and Western tech companies extracting African data and resources while limiting Africa’s role in AI development and profit-sharing.
Why is harvesting Africa's data so lucrative for global tech companies
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