02/09/2026
ON THE PODCAST | Is data the new raw material in Africa, extracted the same way resources always have been?
Yemi Keri, technology executive, president of the African Business Angel Network and member of the Club of Rome, raises a concern about African data being collected locally, processed somewhere else, used to train AI models elsewhere, then sold back as a finished product.
Her worry is not only about ownership. AI is developing so quickly that Africa risks being left without the infrastructure to keep up.
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