Chinese artificial intelligence in Africa: Digital colonisation or liberalisation?

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of South Africaen
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africa
cg.coverage.countryZimbabwe
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZA
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierSuresh Chandra Babu: 0000-0002-8706-2516
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot Ranked
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/37043en
cg.placeJohannesburg, South Africaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty Reduction, Livelihoods and Jobs
dc.contributor.authorTinarwo, Josephen
dc.contributor.authorBabu, Suresh Chandraen
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T17:44:46Zen
dc.date.available2024-02-01T17:44:46Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138797
dc.titleChinese artificial intelligence in Africa: Digital colonisation or liberalisation?en
dcterms.abstractIn this era of globalisation and progressive digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our everyday lives. While AI technology is lauded for increasing economic growth and solving some of the intricate global development challenges, such as climate change as well as disease and natural disaster forecasting, it has become a threat to citizen freedom and democracy and there are concerns of data privacy and security. China is rapidly expanding its AI and has emerged as one of the leading nations in artificial intelligence, research and development, particularly in the global South. Africa is one of the continents that has become a destination of the fast-expanding Chinese AI, notwithstanding that its impacts remain unknown. This research primarily adopted a qualitative research approach to examine the impact of Chinese AI in Africa and identify opportunities for facilitating positive influence of Chinese AI and digital presence in Africa. The study found that the expansion of Chinese AI in the global South, using Zimbabwe and South Africa as case studies, has been associated with mixed results. Since its beginning in the late 1970s after the economic reform, the Chinese AI-led automation has resulted in improved productivity, particularly in agriculture, health, infrastructure and manufacturing industries. However, the Chinese AI has been associated with gross human rights violations and promotion of corrupt practices, such as patronage and rent-seeking behaviour. Additionally, Chinese AI is undermining the rule of law and the functionality and legitimacy of weaker state institutions and processes.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTinarwo, Joseph; and Babu, Suresh Chandra. 2023. Chinese artificial intelligence in Africa: Digital colonisation or liberalisation? Tayarisha Working Paper 12. Johannesburg, South Africa: University of the Witwatersrand.en
dcterms.extent20 p.en
dcterms.issued2023-12-31
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersranden
dcterms.subjectartificial intelligenceen
dcterms.subjectdigital technologyen
dcterms.subjecteconomic aspectsen
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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