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Mar 2026 "How Trump's AI Posts are Transforming Politics"
NJ.com
Dec 2025 "Africa has thousands of languages. Can AI be trained on all of them?"
CNN
Jul 2025 "Three critical questions every leader must ask about AI implementation"
Charter
Jul 2025 "After the Swahili AI Race: Africa's Fight for Language Infrastructure Control"
Geopolitical Monitor
Jul 2025 "Trump's new AI policies keep culture war focus on tech companies"
NPR
May 2025 "Thoughts on how Africa can lead responsible AI innovation"
Technext
Apr 2025 "Africa's AI ambitions take the spotlight in Rwanda"
SEMAFOR
Mar 2025 "What you need to know about Africa's first AI factory"
Rest of World
Mar 2025 "AI for the world, or just the West? How researchers are tackling Big Tech's global gaps"
ZDNet
Jan 2025 "“Realizing Africa's potential” podcast episode
TechTank
Oct 2024 "The Gulf's AI Arms Race Is Just Getting Started"
JAM CQ
Oct 2024 Segment on "Straight Talk Africa" Program
Voice of America
Sep 2024 "At TIME100 Impact Dinner, AI Leaders Discuss the Technology's Transformative Potential"
TIME
Sep 2024 "Nigeria begins AI push with Google-backed fund"
Semafor
Aug 2024 "The Realities of Women in Artificial Intelligence" for Voice of America "Our Voices"
Voice of America
Jul 2024 "When A.I. Fails the Language Test, Who Is Left Out of the Conversation?"
New York Times
Jul 2024 "Shifting the narrative on AI in Africa" podcast episode
Brookings
Jun 2024 "World leaders discuss AI as China's digital influence in Latin America grows"
Voice of America
Jun 2024 "A little-known AI startup is behind Nigeria's first government-backed LLM"
Rest of World
Jun 2024 "Once a Red Line, Connecticut Reps Press for Regulating Tech Sector"
CT Examiner
May 2024 "AI becomes latest frontier in China-US race for Africa"
Voice of America
Apr 2024 "Is this AI? See if you can spot the technology in your everyday life"
Washington Post
Mar 2024 "Africa's push to regulate AI starts now"
MIT Tech Review
Jan 2024 "The dangers of AI in global development"
Devex
Nov 2023 "AI Needs Rules, but Who Will Get to Make Them?"
Scientific American
Nov 2023 "Civil society groups issue a surprise open letter to the U.K.'s AI Safety Summit"
Fast Company
Sep 2023 "Artificial Intelligence Experts envision a transformative future for Africa"
African Union Development Agency
Dec 2022 "AI Isn't Artificial or Intelligent"
VICE
Oct 2021 "Much 'Artificial Intelligence' Is Still People Behind a Screen"
Bloomberg
Aug 2020 "Big Tech Curbs Police Use of Facial Recognition Systems Due to Racial Biases"
Cornell Daily Sun
Aug 2020 "Is There a Right to 'Facial Anonymity'?"
The Crime Report