Foreword
In an article headlined ‘While America slept, China became indispensable’, published by Foreign...
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Category: AIF Issue 62
Editorial – Bob Wekesa
This issue of Africa in Fact is part of a broader initiative aimed at shedding light on the competition between the US and China in the African digital sphere.
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US’s and China’s ‘chipageddon’ hits Africa’s digital transformation mission
When the Trump-led US administration triggered a trade war with China in 2018, few would have...
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Democracy in Africa: Enter the dragon
For China to be actively engaged in building Africa’s critical soft and hard digital infrastructure, it is understandable for democracy institutions to be alarmed.
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ICT investments: Africa waits to see the money
ICT has permeated every facet of life, revolutionising how we work, how we learn, how we...
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How the contest for global digital hegemony impacts Africa
The expression “tenacious contention” suggests that China and the United States are at an impasse...
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The battle for hearts and minds
The United States and China have engaged in intense geopolitical competition in Africa since the...
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Sovereignty and digital transformation in Africa
A great power competition has returned to centre-stage of the geopolitical landscape between the...
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The internet war in Africa
Technology decoupling amounts to a separation between technologies originating in the US and China. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has noted that the “US-China technology divide could cause more havoc than the Cold War”.
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Big-spending China woos Africa with its BRI and DSR
The landscape of foreign aid in Africa has shifted from being strategically western dominated, specifically by the United States, to China, emerging as one of the leading countries providing aid to the continent, especially in technology infrastructure.
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Wired Africa now Zooms into China and US
Government-instituted regulations restricting physical contact and movement to combat the Covid-19...
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Opportunities for US-China digital technology cooperation
Digital technologies are playing an increasingly significant role for governments, non-governmental organisations and other civil society institutions that are relying on mobile communications.
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