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mastodon 4.7.2From France - Living near Cotonou, #Benin since 2016. Traveled the world.
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Remote from West #Africa (UTC+1)
#Marketing / #Strategy
Change #Management
#Digital Transformation
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Exactly 40 years ago today (Nov 18,1985), a 6-year-old & his best friend tiger began exploring the mysteries of childhood with humor (& tuna sandwiches).
Replying to
Oh look, who's pushing AI in Africa... Yep, Epstein's pal Billg... but it's for a good cause: fighting global health inequalities...
Bill Gates urges early AI rollout in Africa to narrow health gap
https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/37593/news/health/bill-gates-urges-early-ai-rollout-in-africa-to-narrow-health-gap
FYI @davidgerard@circumstances.run#Africa #Rwanda #AI #IA
Like a painting of a meal in ancient Rome... but living the good life, for sure...
#RandomPic #Hamster
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The "leapfrogging optimism" has been the main discourse in regards to the "digital economy" for the last 10+ years.
Remember all those "coding schools for girls" that were launched and quietly disappeared?
RE: https://masto.ai/@cybeardjm/113255955695243138
This old post of mine (10/2024) has had a second life these last few days (seems there's an Andean Cat on the Fediverse with many friends...), so here it is again for you all to enjoy...
#Cats #Caturday
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@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Well, so far, it's not clear...
"The text adopted by Parliament is limited to proclaiming that "Access to an online social networking service provided by an online platform is prohibited for minors under fifteen years of age." As the government wished, it consists of prohibiting young people from accessing any social network, an extremely broad concept encompassing any online space where it is possible to chat after creating an account. cont'd ⤵️
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"The IMF is urging governments to prioritise investment in reliable electricity, affordable broadband, data infrastructure and digital skills to support wider AI adoption."
Let's talk global infrastructure first, then we'll see if the rest is still interesting after the bubble explodes...
BTW: how to cool datacenters in areas with high temps all year long and where access to water is scarce? Good question, right?
IMF sees 4% AI growth boost for Africa
https://itweb.africa/article/imf-sees-4-ai-growth-boost-for-africa/mYZRXM9gjWEvOgA8
#Africa #AI #IA
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IMF pushing AI hard to "help Africa grow faster"...
https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/07/africa-can-grow-faster-with-ai-if-it-moves-now/
"For the region, AI’s main promise is not about replacing office workers, but boosting productivity across the economy—helping informal firms manage inventory, enabling farmers to increase yields, and supporting mid-sized firms to transition to formality and export readiness." Yeah, sure...
Even injecting a graph about Mobile Money for... no reason...
#Africa #AI #IA
Couverture d'un hors série "Des gaffes et des chats" en 2011, avec le chat dingue, compagnon de Gaston, dessiné par Franquin.
https://www.gastonlagaffe.com/albums/34-des-gaffes-et-des-chats.html
Replying to on axbom.me
@axbom@axbom.me The famous "Regulations hinder progress" that so many libertarians have been pushing as much as they can for years (e.g. cryptos, but the same people are behind both AI & cryptos).
The ultimate goal being reflected in the "Network State".
Ca vous dit une petite morue aux fraises pour ce soir ? Recette de Gaston, bien sûr...
Si vous voulez tenter chez vous :
https://www.gastonlagaffe.com/recettes-de-gaston/morue-aux-fraises.html
On this day in 1980, the South African government banned Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)” after Black students embraced it as an anthem against apartheid’s unequal education system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY
More info:
- https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pink-floyd-banned-south-africa/
- https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pink-floyd-album-banned-south-africa/
Trump allies target European NGOs in battle over Big Tech rules
Trump allies have waged an aggressive campaign against civil society and academics in the United States. Now, they’re setting their sights across the Atlantic, threatening Europe’s efforts to rein in Big Tech.
https://www.ftm.eu/articles/trump-allies-fight-target-europe-battle-big-tech
(archive: https://archive.is/gSkgH )
Le #Marsupilami de #Franquin
Art by Imhof Reto
https://reto-imhof.ch/tiere/
Oops, #WordPress...
3 updates in less than 24h...
« Le système d’innovation états-unien est devenu profondément dysfonctionnel »
Une courte vidéo + billet de synthèse, avec Olivier Jutel.
At vs In...
"Hé ! Si tous les généraux et amiraux du monde, quelles que soient les couleurs et les étoiles, avaient chacun un chat sur les genoux, hébin moi je me sentirais vachement mieux, moi !"
🗨️ "Que voulez-vous lui répondre quand il a raison ?!"
Sarah Knafo, eurodéputée et candidate à la mairie de Paris, s'inspire de Trump, qui a su s’attirer le soutien des milieux d’affaires pro-crypto pour sa réélection.
Elle cherche à incarner un nouveau visage de l’extrême droite, caractérisé par un ultra-libéralisme technophile, combinant Bitcoin et xénophobie. Sa campagne pour les municipales à Paris représente un test grandeur nature des stratégies trumpistes en France.
The end of US empire is not the end of the world
"We must contend with a sobering reality: The US may be willing to destroy the world before it surrenders its imperial self-image. This suicidal impulse—visible in its economic warfare and cultural nihilism—should not be underestimated. If empire cannot imagine a future in which it does not lead, it may instead choose to make that future unlivable for everyone else."
https://africasacountry.com/2025/05/the-end-of-us-empire-is-not-the-end-of-the-world
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@fasterandworse Same grifters, so that's only logical they have the same "design standards"...
Un data center XXL de 195 hectares, porté par une filiale baptisée Tricolore Computing, détenue par une holding domiciliée en Irlande. Il s'agit du tout premier centre de données exploité directement par Google en France.
Le problème : les habitants de Étrechet, dans l'Indre, à quelques kilomètres de Châteauroux là ou doit s'installer le datacenter, l'apprennent au compte-gouttes — par la presse, ou par hasard.
Web3 / 3.0 is dead... long live Web 4.0! /s
The ‘dead internet’ theory is getting a rebrand — meet Web 4.0
https://protos.com/the-dead-internet-theory-is-getting-a-rebrand-meet-web-4-0/
GSMA to pilot $40 smartphone project in six African nations
The GSMA and major African operators will pilot an initiative bringing affordable 4G smartphones to Nigeria, the DRC, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
« If you want to make enemies, try to change something. »
— Woodrow Wilson
We, the illegals of France
France’s mass deportation orders reveal how colonial logics persist in migration policy, turning former subjects into administrative problems to be expelled.
https://africasacountry.com/2026/02/we-the-illegals-of-france
The new scramble for Congo
Backed by the Trump administration, US mining firms, financiers, and tech investors are mounting an aggressive push into the DRC’s mineral sector, reviving an old imperial logic under the language of strategic competition.
https://africasacountry.com/2026/05/the-new-scramble-for-congo
#Africa #Congo #DRC #RDC #USPol #Sanctions #AIAC #Corruption #Rwanda #ElonMusk
Replying to on mastodon.social
@beverly_ochieng@mastodon.social Oh, you mean the people on Russian payroll for years...
The first name that is cited in this video was part of Prigozihn's Afric not so long ago... (I stopped watching after I heard it...)
Please compare:
- "This Billionaire Traded Glam for a Mission to Industrialize Nigeria" in NYT (archive: https://archive.is/h4nNb ), heavily debunked here: https://www.1914reader.com/p/all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print
with
- Aliko Dangote needs the Nigerian state to thrive (2018 - AIAC)
https://africasacountry.com/2018/04/entrepreneurs-in-africa-need-a-strong-state-to-thrive
(it all started under Abacha's dictatorship, himself a kleptocrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sani_Abacha )
Slow death by food
Illegal gold mining is poisoning Ghana’s soil and rivers, seeping into its crops and seafood, and turning the national food system into a long-term public health crisis.
"the most potent form of ecological violence"