Afruturist Blog

Africa accounts for roughly 18–19% of the world’s population, yet consumes only about 6% of global energy and under 4% of global electricity.

When intelligence is scarce, knowledge is power. When intelligence is abundant, infrastructure is power.

The greatest danger of filtered AI is not misinformation, but misrepresentation.

Africa’s most viable route is neither Beijing nor Wall Street. It is a third approach: domicile, mobilise, and de-risk.

In rich countries, AI in finance is mostly discussed as a productivity tool. In Africa, it is also a stability question.

AI systems do not reason ethically; they enforce judgment through design.

The defining geopolitical shift of the 21st century is not the rise or decline of particular states, but the fragmentation of power itself.

Africa risks becoming the world’s most data-rich, decision-poor region.

Generative AI has not merely added another educational technology to the mix. It has disrupted the way we acquire and use knowledge.

For much of Africa, artificial intelligence arrives wrapped in promise. It promises to leapfrog weak institutions, stretch scarce expertise and accelerate development where human capacity is thin.