AI: ‘African Governments Are Using “smart City” Systems to Monitor Dissent and Consolidate State Control’

AI: ‘African Governments Are Using “smart City” Systems to Monitor Dissent and Consolidate State Control’

CIVICUS discusses the spread of AI-powered surveillance in Africa with Wairagala Wakabi, executive director of the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and co-editor of Smart City Surveillance in Africa: Mapping Chinese AI Surveillance Across 11 Countries, the latest report by the African Digital Rights Network (ADRN) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).

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