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Wale Lawal24 August 2025
With AI proponents promising to ‘save’ Africa, Nanjala Nyabola asks an urgent question: what happens when a continent’s future is outsourced to someone else’s imagination? We discuss the politics of technology, the myth of the ‘cloud’, and why the next digital revolution must begin with African wome
Mobólúwajídìde Joseph24 August 2025
From his mother’s community chemist shop in Enugu to a Toronto lab, Nigerian pharmacist Chukwunonso Nwabufo is building a device that could save lives by revealing how your genes respond to drugs, but his real revolution may be redefining what is ‘rare’ in medical research.
Ebele Mọgọ24 August 2025
AI is opening the door to health systems that can learn, adapt and act. Can Africa harness it to leap ahead?
Loba Agboola10 August 2025
In the age of artificial intelligence, can Africa recode its global positioning?
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WALE LAWALAUGUST 24, 2025
‘Who Do We Imagine AI Is Built By and Built For?’
With AI proponents promising to ‘save’ Africa, Nanjala Nyabola asks an urgent question: what happens when a continent’s future is outsourced to someone else’s imagination? We discuss the politics of technology, the myth of the ‘cloud’, and why the next digital revolution must begin with African wome
MOBÓLÚWAJÍDÌDE JOSEPHAUGUST 24, 2025
The Dark Matter of Genetics
From his mother’s community chemist shop in Enugu to a Toronto lab, Nigerian pharmacist Chukwunonso Nwabufo is building a device that could save lives by revealing how your genes respond to drugs, but his real revolution may be redefining what is ‘rare’ in medical research.
EBELE MỌGỌAUGUST 24, 2025
Africa’s AI Path to Health Impact
AI is opening the door to health systems that can learn, adapt and act. Can Africa harness it to leap ahead?
LOBA AGBOOLAAUGUST 10, 2025
Africa’s Geopolitics Needs a Digital Upgrade
In the age of artificial intelligence, can Africa recode its global positioning?
WALE LAWALAUGUST 24, 2025
‘Who Do We Imagine AI Is Built By and Built For?’
With AI proponents promising to ‘save’ Africa, Nanjala Nyabola asks an urgent question: what happens when a continent’s future is outsourced to someone else’s imagination? We discuss the politics of technology, the myth of the ‘cloud’, and why the next digital revolution must begin with African wome
MOBÓLÚWAJÍDÌDE JOSEPHAUGUST 24, 2025
The Dark Matter of Genetics
From his mother’s community chemist shop in Enugu to a Toronto lab, Nigerian pharmacist Chukwunonso Nwabufo is building a device that could save lives by revealing how your genes respond to drugs, but his real revolution may be redefining what is ‘rare’ in medical research.
EBELE MỌGỌAUGUST 24, 2025
Africa’s AI Path to Health Impact
AI is opening the door to health systems that can learn, adapt and act. Can Africa harness it to leap ahead?
LOBA AGBOOLAAUGUST 10, 2025
Africa’s Geopolitics Needs a Digital Upgrade
In the age of artificial intelligence, can Africa recode its global positioning?
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CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Finding rest on all soul’s day
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Finding rest on all soul’s day
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Finding rest on all soul’s day
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Finding rest on all soul’s day
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
CHIKA JONESOctober 9 2025
Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new.
