AI For the Poor, Human Intelligence For the Rich
Western capitalists are selling AI to us as “the great equalizer”. But it is really not.
What we are seeing is a new class system being built in real time. The rich will still pay for human teachers, human doctors, human consultants, human artists, and human care. Everyone else will be told that an AI version is good enough.
When poor children are offered AI tutors instead of more teachers or working-class patients are pushed toward AI health tools instead of proper medical care, we should pay attention.
AI may be useful, but it is also becoming a cheaper substitute for people who already have less. This is why African governments must be very careful about the AI policies they adopt. We cannot afford to copy and paste technology policies from the West without asking whose interests they serve. If we are not careful, AI will become another tool used to manage poverty instead of solving the systems that created it.
Africans also need to be more critical of how AI is being introduced into education, healthcare, governance, welfare, and other public services. Who owns the technology? Who controls the data? Who profits from the contracts? Who is accountable when these systems fail? And most importantly, who is being asked to accept AI instead of real human care?
Africa must not become a testing ground for Western-imposed systems that deepen inequality under the guise of innovation.
Marc Botenga: Europe Fears Losing Access to Sahel Resources After Expulsion From the Region
If it were ever needed, this is confirmation from the metaphorical horse’s mouth. In this clip, Belgian EU Parliament member Marc Botenga says the quiet part out loud: that the EU invests heavily in military equipment specifically intended for waging warning the Sahel because the Sahel’s solid mineral wealth is seen by Europe as its sole lifeline.
Perhaps the significant but shrinking number of misguided Africans who continue to insist that Europe’s modern day colonialism in the Sahel is a “conspiracy theory” can take that argument up with Mr Botenga himself.
For the rest of us who do not concern ourselves with self-defeating, non-sequitur arguments that waste vast amounts of energy and ultimately lead nowhere, Botenga’s words are a timely reminder that the Sahel and the rest of Africa are on a timer to develop the necessary military deterrence to stop Europe from repeating the only actions Europe is known for on the continent.
Algorithms Are Colonising African Youths
Nigerian historian Iyo Obietonbara argues that social media algorithms are a tool of colonialism, influencing what African youths consider valuable. Instead of building organisations to struggle for liberation, many of our young people are making videos about trivial matters.
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The West Will Prey More Easily On A Fragmented Africa Than A United Africa
After dividing the continent along arbitrary lines and spending centuries t*rrorizing and enslaving its people, the West grew a conscience sometime around the 1960s, and gave the African nations it created their independence.
Or so it would have humanity believe.
The truth is that the West never had any intentions of leaving Africa alone, and the continent has not known a day of peace since its nations, through unwavering resistance and solidarity, sent their direct colonizers packing.
In this report, The Spearhead examines the separatists movements which have risen out of Africa since this Decade of African Independence, and the existential threat these movements pose to the continent.
A threat which is 100% by design.
Sahel Commentator Amelda Dany Reacts to U.S. Biolab Declassifications
Francophone Africa social commentator Amelda Dany has weighed in on former U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s release of declassified documents showing that the U.S. government funded over 120 biological research laboratories in more than 30 countries including in West and Central Africa.
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MSF Finds 59 Cases of Sexual Exploitation in Chad Camps: Another Case Against Western Dependency
Doctors Without Borders is the latest Western NGO to be spotlighted for predatory and extremely uncharitable actions in Africa.
As usual, it is the most vulnerable members of society including women and children who have been targeted and as usual, the victims may never receive any significant attempt at justice.
If Africa wishes to stop being the stomping ground of these extractive, predatory entities, the example provided the Alliance of Sahel States tells us one clear and obvious message - seizing our sovereignty is the only meaningful, long-term way to reclaim Africa’s basic dignity.
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