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@@MegaTang1234 I couldn’t agree more. No branch of humanity has unified a land mass the size of Africa, AND the global realities since the “new world” leave us no choice
Kwame Nkrumah was part of Africa's problem. He became one of Africa's first post-colonial dictators. Nkrumah laid the blueprint for authoritarian African leaders.
Eric Prince’s “re-colonization” statement suggests to me that he is concerned about his parasitic criminal enterprise (called “investments” in the West) in Afrika. Why would you need to make that announcement if you are already quietly and successfully extracting the mineral wealth out of Afrika? The events in the Sahel (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso) have exposed the vulnerability of his criminal enterprise and his comment is a public request to the colonial / imperialist powers (primarily the U.S., France and Britian) to provide security and support assets. Let's see how the colonial / imperialist powers respond.
Enslavement from the standpoint of controlling lives is relevant in this context. Companies, in my opinion, not countries, are the new superpowers. And any country would be wise not to allow large corporations to monopolize any part of their nation's future. It’s a tough call because you forego the rapid improvement for the slow growth but retain the control and rewards within your sovereignty.
You're not fear mongering, your'e onto something. Anyone who knows some history and can think systematically can make intelligent guesses about what the prospect of European technological expansion will mean for African people. Bear in mind that Ai, for instance, already has racial-based bias embedded in its systems. I've personally seen this bias play out in one of the major prompt-to-image platforms.
_"Ai, for instance, already has racial-based bias "_ Being trained with racially-biased data tends to have that effect. Something known in the industry as Garbage In Garbage Out.
@@tubebility The only problem is the GIGO will be to the detriment of one group alone. Imagine the biases carry on into a future where everything is controlled by autonomous central systems. Today, cars and elevators do not malfunction based on the appearance of their users, in future, they might.
I was somewhat conflicted in even responding to this comment, but I will. It's disappointing to me that "we" default to a position of powerless victimhood. The mention of AI being racially biased is defaulting to this lack of self-agency. The fact is there is no singular "AI". Large Language Models (LLMs), which is what AI is based on, is a programming _Model._ It's not some Terminator or Matrix movie cyber Villain. The most well known AI platform is ChatGPT, which is developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT isn't open source (license free), but nearly everything it outputs is based on open knowledge, programmed in python code. Because of this, there are literally hundreds of "open Source" (Free for anyone to use as they wish) models, and even a few that outperform ChatGPT. Meaning YOU, I, or _anybody else on the planet_ can run, operate, develop, and *Train* an AI compute model/system that YOU, I, or anybody Completely Controls. There was a mention of prompt-to-image, AKA "Image Generator. AI image generators utilize *trained* artificial neural networks to create images. There's that action word again: *Trained.* Again, anyone, or any team, or any group can train _Their_ AI as they see fit. Contrary to Western indoctrinated belief, "Europeans" are NOT at the forefront of this technology, nor do they "control" it. Bottom line (and I am speaking in general here, not to any one individual), it seems that "we" are so Generationally brainwashed to beleive that some other ethnicity has god-like control over us, that "we" mentally surrender and become frightened little do-nothing for ourselves conspiracy theorist. "We" have power and control, if "we" _Chose_ to accept it.
Africa needs to take control of every facet of there resources they need to partner with African descent to build infrastructure of Africa along with Technological part.
Hopefully African leaders increase their love for the continent and their people. And I know there is the added pressure of countries like France being determined to keep control over what does not belong to them. The Chinese prepares 100 years in advance and seems to be making sure to secure China and its people. Africans need to feel that sense of urgency for history of colonization not to be repeated.
@@TruthSerum101 I believe that. This is how determined they are to never repeat their past of poverty and no power. Africa has what others want to control, but the leaders need drive and determination to want to protect and keep it. Outsiders are not going to help Africans value what is there without some kind of self interest.
We have no learders... i'm Kenyan approaching 40s and the dictators who have ruled me since I was born to now, I have no clue whom they are! who voted them or how they got to power, its British and tribes who never had kingdoms before colonial era ruling over us the ancient farmers of Africa!! These dictators you see accross Africa are not here by mistake!!
I've been getting into this topic over the last few years. Initially I started with studying culture and soft power of a nation, then wondered what kind of soft power (on any level) each African nation held. Understanding its digital infrastructure and who controls it, you can see that kind of data of culture/soft power. It'll also give you an idea of what foreign soft power influences local markets with its digital distribution networks.
Great presentation as always. I also think that if the continent of Africa does not take an active role in owning the technological infrastructure it will be doom and disaster. The countries that are being lax about the technological things going on will be in legitimate danger of digital enslavement. These other nations Europe and Asia and especially Asia are only looking out for themselves. The African countries need to do the same and ensure that whatever these companies offer that the countries benefit or don't allow the companies in at all.
You're absolutely correct 💯 There must be unity and solidarity... Africa has to watch out for exploitation on every side... There has to be airtight contracts. The land and it's rights are sovereign!!!
Thanks for the knowledge and conversation on resources and the threat once again of trying to control in the next advancement of society in "Digital Commerce". It is a space that leads to how to create the environment that will connect us all. But we think about the Joy of being connected in this space and the feeling of being brought together. It feels really good. But others think of owning all the platforms and mechanics to make it work. It's all in the intent. I will play my part in building a future that allows sharing of knowledge and wealth. Maintaining Ownership is critical. Thanks for sharing 🙏!
It seems this presentation _Assumes_ the peoples of Africa are intellectually incapable of building their own digital infrastructure? Among other global locations, we host servers in the National Internet Data Center (NIDC) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I beleive this facility is about 10-years old, and It is wholly owned by the Tanzanian government, as is the fiber networks in Tanzania. In terms of technology, software development is 100% democratized. We subcontract many software developers from various parts of Africa. IMO, what _Isn't democratized_ is the mental-bondage much of the Diaspora suffers from. I am typing this comment using a Rwandan _Manufactured_ Mara smartphone. It does everything an Apple iPhone does - that one needs - at 1/5th the price. But the Diaspora would rather buy Asian manufactured phones from Apple - a company that hates them - than buying anything made by people who look like them. The issue is not "digital enslavement", the issue is, and has always been; "Mental enslavement."
I don't necessarily believe it's that they don't want to buy from people that look like them but that they don't know about the alternatives and that they are not easily accessible AND wondering if the quality is in the same equivalent or greater than the competition.
@@bambooqueue9093 In a sense you're correct. However, you understand the difference between being passive and being Active. By definition, Passive means "accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance." Thus people don't "know about the alternatives" because they are not actively _Looking_ for alternatives. The American Diaspora in general are comfortable being blindly led by a marking narrative that holds them (us) in contempt. It's easy to go to MacDonalds and make their shareholders wealthier, but it does take a little effort to find that small restaurant, owned and operated by people of a similar background, and patronize them. I searched for and found Mara and my research confirmed - to my satisfaction - their product was acceptable, and for me, I _Immediately_ ordered the device... on GP. I will actively reward the venture just on the basis that I want them - specifically them - to succeed. But most of us don't think like me.
I would say africas most pressing issue is ousting corrupt politicians and helping Congo take over their cobalt and Colton mines. As far as I’m concerned it never stopped it’s not a 2nd conference rather another phase of the first plan we never defeated African must unite . And the countries that support those who wreak havoc in Congo are so shameful they are not worth!!!!mention!!!!
We are already in the information age and the US or US based companies own most of the infrastructure. Google, the dominant search engine owns much of the fibre that connects the world plus the servers that store the data. Facebook and youtube combined has 6bn users data stored in its servers. The risk of misinformation and propaganda is high, but the opportunities for alternate black voices ignored by traditional media is also high and should be exploited.
I will rephrase this and say MEN of African origin lack of ability to defend our people. Our men must take up the challenge, unite our people, rise up, and claim their God-given responsibility to defend and protect our people. Every other male group on the planet has done that for their people. Why not us?
What’s interesting to me is the fact that countries such as the United States has even been feeling the effects of the IP grab and ownership of data, and as the Internet moves into the Web 3.0/4.0 stage I think although dangerous in some aspects are actual advantageous for less developed countries as their development now can move in a direction more suited for this new era. More Education, More power for our people!!
It’s just as important that (1) subsaharan African countries have the personnel needed to maintain whatever infrastructure is developed (2) create incentives to keep skilled personnel from taking their skills abroad instead
I've wondered about this as well, but I was looking at it through a capitalist lens, with corporations owning the infrastructure and the data, making even governments beholden to them. It's interesting that your friend is looking at this through a racial lens and also through an international lens. Definitely worth thinking about.
Theres a correlation between the class of individuals running and owning the western tech companies and racial catergories. However, even if those individuals in those companies are a diverse class of people from different ethnic backgrounds, it wouldn't change the facts of how and who they are interacting with and exploiting.
Great point, data laws in the continent are still weak and need strengthening in line with western data laws. Infrastructure should be on a lease for 10 yrs while training the locals to build and maintain their own infrastructure then revert back to the country after the 10yr period.!
I’m watching documentary of Africa Madagascar, Child labor of mining. Children are risking their life to mine mica . They sell it to buyers only 30 cents per 10 kilograms. They are literally 10,000times less than market price. Africa sells cheap resource and their children stop studying in school to work for mining site without minimum safety standard. And developing countries send their children to University and go to moon to harvest Helium3. Indeed, it’s fair trade. It’s common story for entire African continent.
The beginning is crafting laws that regulate the industry. Europe and the world tech giants will try to make the laws fit the agenda of ownership of data from whatever region. In short, we need to make rules of the game before the rules are drawn up.
Vision and compute. What we will lack in compute vs open ai or Google we must make up for in vision. All the gpu clusters in the world won't mean a thing without ideas and the will to see them through to completion. We also have significant investment and programming power across countries such as Nigeria. Securing our own servers and reinforcing our tech infrastructure are key.
Africans need to get into the technology age because were in 2024 that needs to compete. Africans shouldn't let chinese build their infrastructure for them but should learn from the chinese to innovate fro ourselves since were behind in everything because of colonialism.
One thing that scares me is how people react to when companies do colonialism. People hesitate to point the blame. They just say "it was the free market" or "they freely agreed to do business with them"., When the power dynamic is not different from what we saw in the Berlin Conference
Every country needs its own data sovereignty law, that determines how data from that country's citizens should be housed, how it can be used/shared/transferred, etc. This is particularly important as AI technologies grow and data is king for developing AI.
We need more leaders like Ibrahim Traore. He's looking to build gold processing plants so Burkina Faso can sell finished gold instead of cheaply selling raw ore. This kind of foward thinking will go a long way towards pushing Africa to her proper place on the world stage.
No one knows the future, but African countries need to head into that future by keeping their head on a swivel, “Trust No One”. Africa is way too trusting and what does it get them.
Consider doing a video about the child labor being used in the DR Congo to mine the cobalt for electric car batteries. This isn't getting enough attention.
Africa has been going through neocolonialism for a while now . Africas main focus should be on political puppets and European powers , while at the same time negotiating what deal they will have with other world powers. Take control of the coltan mines that is most important
from Boston: I hope some well connected person on the continent or Diaspora sees this video..! You are not fear mongering HomeTeam, I've been ringing the alarm bells (to myself) for years now, glad to see someone else ringing the same bells. America building cell towers across the continent, Meta (FaceBook) running fiber optics around the continent, Nigeria was about to go digital currency with an American company based in the Caribbean (Barbados I think), Nigeria now using StarLink. Basically anything under the umbrella of "Critical Infrastructure", should be owned/controlled by Africa/Africans and "Data" without a dougbt fits in that category. Think of all Big Tech/TelCom in America (these are all owned by whom..). Your friend is 100% correct to be as concearned as I am..!
3:18 technically wrong, that was happening before the conference, the conference was just an agreement not to get on each other's way, the borders were pretty much just winging it and agreements outside of the berlin conference
What the African countries really need is a central currency that is initially interest rate as well as debt free and distributed by a centralized bank to compete with the US dollar, English pound, and the European Euro. That way those nations can retain their autonomy, but yet also allow foreign companies and even military engineers acting as commissioned contractors to aid with building their infrastructure, promote the modernized development and wellbeing of their populaces, and allow them to both stabilize as well as promote their economies. The Saudi Arabian and various other Middle Eastern countries should be permitted to trade with the African continent, but not impose their religious ideologies on them and strip them of the free born civil rights granted to them by both nature and their people’s will. Oil from the Middle East could easily be diverted to the African continent, keeping the Middle Eastern countries happy with knowing they’re still having a crucial role as well as profit in the global economy. The US can then divert much of its attention and military spending away from the Middle East to focus on promoting economic and political relations within the South American continent to help keep the US dollar stable and to help promote it. Africa is a crucial continent not only with its vast resources but with the fact that it was the birthplace of our evolutionary ancestors and even the human race, otherwise known Homo sapiens, themselves.
It is not a potential Trojan horse. It is the modern equivalent of a Trojan horse! Unfortunately, one that millions of gullible and clue Was folks will call for…
Controversial opinion but Africa needs to go into a age of isolation We need to develop on our own with limited external influence Important technology we need but most importantly important knowledge and skills
almost all software we use is made in America and the hardware comes from china or Taiwan. other countries have very little influence even rich ones like Germany or japan don't have a big impact. i do think that these days American companies are getting cocky and i think Africans have a better mindset. so i think some African programmers can make great stuff when they have the opportunity . but the internet is still very new in most African countries 15 years ago i only saw people from south Africa and north Africa online .nowadays internet access is common in most African countries apart from the very worst ones like central African republic or south Sudan were its still a luxury .but in places like Kenya its more common now. but the problem is that Africa and many other poor regions missed out in the internet revolution in the 90s and 2000s because the internet was so expensive back then. and nowadays its hard to compete against google and facebook and Africa was having a rough time during that period .another more minor issue is that most Africans only own a smart phone and no desktop or laptop pc because its cheaper and battery powered. and while you can code on android smartphones too its not as convenient as on a pc .
To a considerable degree information control is mind control. I have noticed that information that was easy to find about 8 years ago doesn't seem to be there anymore but lots of shallow BS that is related but lacking in detail is everywhere. I worked for IBM in the 80s. I never saw the word benchmark in any IBM documentation. I had to write my own to determine what I wanted to know. It was not what I expected. I was less cynical then. Relevant knowledge is power. Lots and lots and lots of trivial information is a waste of time. *When Africa Awakes* (1920) by Hubert Harrison *Black Man's Burden* (1961) by Mack Reynolds Both free on the Internet (for now).
I listen to everything and I try to watch everything that I think I need to watch and listen this to you the narrator of this video at the number that I am at I don't need to be in the concrete jungle many of those that is of yr age I am going by the sound of yr voice has no clue about doing anything especially if you live in the United snakes but their is one advantage that black Africka has got at the moment and that is they are not fully caught up in this digital age yet?
Africa has to invent its own tech before they can consider someone else's invention a revolution. The West technology is actually really slow and bloated,there is need for faster and smaller computing machines, something they cant really seem to be able to do in the West. Their architectures are slow, depend on many "protocols". If Africa could come up with a faster, smaller more direct architecture of computing, they are immediately on par, especially if they also guard it. Something that the West needs more than gold and oil is computing, they need it more than they need warmth in winter.Africa can leverage the creativity of its youth to be the best at computing, and immediately they will be the threat they need to be to get ahead. We are already the most creative people, we just need to know where exactly to apply it in a geopolitical global economy.
This is even present in movies and media. The messages they are pushing towards young Africans about who we should prefer and who are our friends is getting ridiculous. China is acting now on this, look at this new movie trailer for 'Black Tea'. They are trying to groom our young African women to idolise Chinese men the same way we were all groomed to idolise white people.
Good subject, but the focus is off (in my opinion). Big companies want users' data to understand their needs and then sell it to those interested. Most African countries lack the purchasing power that interests these companies. Apple doesn't even have stores in Africa; they absolutely do not prioritize care about african's data. While some have luxury items(car, phone, gadgets, etc), the masses cannot afford them. That being said, my concern regarding this digital revolution is that Africa is mostly unprepared. Electricity is not universally accessible, and we witness how social media is impacting Gen Z negatively. The same is happening in Africa, with people creating low-quality content for entertainment that distracts from important issues. The problem is that, unlike in the Western world where most systems are already established, Africa is lagging behind and needs industrialization. Additionally, black Africans are primarily consumers, unable to produce what they consume and thus dependent on the Western world. The masses aren't ready for this technology; some individuals can't even read but own a phone. Lastly, I don't believe it's solely the fault of the Western world. I am somewhat tired of conspiracy theories. While they may play a role in our challenges, we also allow them to do so. When Western companies like Orange hold monopolies because there is no strong local African alternative, there is a problem. It's not Africa's fault for our situation, but it is our responsibility to instigate change. If not, it will become our generation's fault.
This reminded me about some of the changes that took place in the South African banking industry in the new era of digital banking, and the challenges banks like FNB faced to make sure that in families who may have only had access to a single phone between them were able to access digital banking services without risk of other family members accessing their accounts.
Using apple for example is horrible. Outside of america android runs the world outside of america. So them not having a store really doesn't mean anything.
@@seikoellis17 okay but that's not the point. The goal was to illustrate that they don't care about our data because there's no purchasing power and the proof of that is that big tech companies don't come to Africa. If you have an example or counter example, go ahead. I don't have the whole truth
I quote, "It is our responsibility to instigate change." Whenever you deny responsibility and accountability for the situation you're in, you're lost. It's time we took responsibility and started looking at solutions to our challenges.
I am worried about the debt thet try to give black countries. I didn't know they had such confidence going on? I think US and China maybe japan are the countries to look at. Maybe even Japan when comes to technology. Also don't think in terms of just africa. Think about all black globally 🤔 examples Bravil, Cribbean,asian blacks and even American blacks working together.
No fear mongering at all. Jumia, the biggest e market in West Africa isn't owned by Nigerian and I do not like that, loan companies from China and India milking Africa.
I just made comment and my frist comment was deleted. I agreed with your video. my comment below is what I wrote. I grew with technology and cyberpunk lol. You do know Cyberpunk is genre that predict Ai and technology the way it is and used in the world today? oh cyberpunk is a subculture by the way.
