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Re: Digital Sovereignty Comes To Africa

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> It isn't just the Europeans pushing back against control over their
> data by US-based companies: now some African nations are getting into
> the act as well
> <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/zambia-delaying-us-deals-over-minerals-and-data-demands>.
> 
> It doesn't help, of course, that the US tries to use the leverage of
> one deal (over health) to push through a separate one on minerals.
> That kind of thing does smack somewhat of trying to pressure the other
> party into a more favourable deal ...
>

Apparently there's an art to deal-making.

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Digital Sovereignty Comes To Africa Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-04 23:21 +0000
  Re: Digital Sovereignty Comes To Africa snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-05-05 01:18 +0100
  Re: Digital Sovereignty Comes To Africa none <none@none.rip> - 2026-05-05 03:30 +0200
    Re: Digital Sovereignty Comes To Africa oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-05 03:33 +0000
      Re: Digital Sovereignty Comes To Africa none <none@none.rip> - 2026-05-05 05:47 +0200
        Re: Digital Sovereignty Comes To Africa oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-05 12:01 +0000

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