{"id":237421,"date":"2026-06-25T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/who-will-control-africas-ai-infrastructure-and-at-what-cost-technology-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:20:43","slug":"who-will-control-africas-ai-infrastructure-and-at-what-cost-technology-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/who-will-control-africas-ai-infrastructure-and-at-what-cost-technology-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will control Africa\u2019s AI infrastructure, and at what cost? | Technology News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/who-will-control-africas-ai-infrastructure-and-at-what-cost\">Who will control Africa\u2019s AI infrastructure, and at what cost? | Technology News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/who-will-control-africas-ai-infrastructure-and-at-what-cost\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/who-will-control-africas-ai-infrastructure-and-at-what-cost<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-25 20:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aljazeera.com\">www.aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>African Union ministers gathered in Tangier to discuss AI development amidst a race among African countries to create AI strategies and expand digital infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>A central question involves the control African countries will have over the infrastructure needed for AI technologies as foreign tech companies invest in Africa.<\/li>\n<li>There is a shift in focus from solely adopting AI to considering ownership, governance, and terms of AI system development and deployment.<\/li>\n<li>Several African nations, including Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Ghana, have developed national AI strategies to build local capacity and reduce reliance on foreign tech providers.<\/li>\n<li>The global competition for AI intensifies, which could provide African countries with more negotiating leverage due to the fragmented nature of the global AI industry.<\/li>\n<li>Africa is currently underrepresented in the global digital economy\u2019s physical backbone, with less than 1% of global data centre capacity despite housing about 18% of the world&#8217;s population.<\/li>\n<li>The debate extends to data governance, digital sovereignty, and the socio-economic impacts of foreign investments in AI infrastructure, including data centre projects in Kenya.<\/li>\n<li>Despite increased investment, the AI governance discussion largely remains among policymakers, regulators, and tech companies, with less involvement from everyday citizens.<\/li>\n<li>The critical question for African policymakers is determining the terms of AI use, which will significantly influence control over important technologies shaping economies and public services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who will control Africa\u2019s AI infrastructure, and at what cost? 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