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Archive for November, 2025
The Future of Jobs in the Era of AI — Seen from Africa, for the World
In Washington and Brussels, the future of jobs in the age of artificial intelligence is often framed as a story about lawyers using chatbots.
Can AI Really Help End Poverty? Africa’s View of a Global Question
AI and the End of Poverty: The world’s poorest people are already living with artificial intelligence — just not in the way most TED talks imagine.
The Future of University in the Era of AI—Seen from Africa, for the World
When people in Silicon Valley talk about the future of university education in the age of AI, they usually imagine campuses with hologram lecturers.
Beyond “I Think, Therefore I Am”: How Rationalism Still Shapes Our Lives — and Misleads Us
Rationalism isn’t just a topic for dusty philosophy books — it still shapes the way we bank, vote, manage, and even burn out at work. This article explores the difference between rationalism and Cartesianism, showing how Descartes’ dream of pure, disembodied reason lives on in technocracy, metrics-obsessed workplaces, and “evidence-based” politics that often forget real bodies and lives. Drawing on classic philosophers, feminist and postcolonial critiques, and recent case studies from public health, economics, and management, it argues for a new, non-Cartesian rationalism: one that keeps reason at the center, but stays rooted in experience, justice, culture, and the messy reality of being human.
Academic Freedom in the Age of Algorithms: Who Controls Knowledge in AI-Driven Universities?
If the 20th-century university was ruled by the book and the blackboard, the 21st is increasingly mediated by dashboards, platforms, and algorithms.
Degrees, Micro-Credentials, and AI Tutors: Will Traditional University Diplomas Still Matter?
Walk into any university open house today and you’ll hear three buzzwords floating in the air: degrees, micro-credentials, and AI.
From Ivory Tower to Neural Network: How AI Will Redefine the Mission of Universities by 2050
Neural Network: By 2050, the university campus may still have lecture halls, libraries, and coffee-fuelled students rushing between classes.
A Manifesto for Global Justice: How Climate, Debt, and Data Will Decide Africa’s Future
From Carbon and Cobalt to Code: Why the 21st Century Needs a New Deal Between the Global South and the World This article argues that Africa’s future—and that of the wider Global South—will be shaped at the intersection of three systems: climate change, sovereign debt, and the data-driven digital economy. Drawing on UNCTAD’s World of […]
Who Owns the Future’s Data? Digital Colonialism, AI, and the New Scramble for the Global South
This article examines the rise of “digital” and “data colonialism” and asks whether the emerging AI-driven digital economy is reproducing old colonial patterns in new forms.
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