Metaphors shape the way we understand and govern data. It is critical that we develop a metaphor that unshackles the power asymmetries in the current political economy of data.

What would constitute responsible use of AI in the African context?

The Covid-19 crisis must not lead to a watering down of human rights and workers’ rights in favor of quick fix solutions.

In the face of the reductionist economic logic of data, we need alternative imaginaries and metaphors to better understand the relationship between our selves (our bodies, personalities and communities) and the technologies we inhabit.