Cote d’Ivoire Turns To Mistral AI For Digital Push by Paul Balo September 3, 2026 0 Cote d'Ivoire's partnership with Mistral AI shows how African governments are trying to build local AI capacity.
NITDA Says AI Sovereignty Starts With Infrastructure by Paul Balo September 1, 2026 0 NITDA's Kashifu Inuwa used GITEX Nigeria to argue that AI sovereignty must include data centres, cloud, connectivity and local capacity.
Opinion: Africa Cannot Let Foreign AI Models Decide What Is Too Political by Paul Balo August 14, 2026 0 Africa needs local AI evaluation and governance before foreign chatbots quietly become political gatekeepers.