This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:25:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/ 32 32 67616479 Democracy in code: How digital power is reshaping sovereignty in Africa https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/democracy-in-code-how-digital-power-is-reshaping-sovereignty-in-africa/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/democracy-in-code-how-digital-power-is-reshaping-sovereignty-in-africa/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:23:00 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574317 Zambia’s election reveals a new democratic battleground: the smartphone. From fake results and premature victory claims to algorithm-driven misinformation and AI-generated deception, political power is increasingly mediated by technologies controlled beyond national borders—raising an urgent question for Africa: who governs democracy when democracy itself is being written in code?

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/democracy-in-code-how-digital-power-is-reshaping-sovereignty-in-africa/feed/ 0 574317 Fifa in Africa: has Gianni Infantino really helped football development? https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/fifa-in-africa-has-gianni-infantino-really-helped-football-development/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/fifa-in-africa-has-gianni-infantino-really-helped-football-development/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:59:27 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574314 African nations consistently vote for Infantino because they depend on Fifa for financial support.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/fifa-in-africa-has-gianni-infantino-really-helped-football-development/feed/ 0 574314 Zambia at a crossroads: Preserving democracy beyond the ballot https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/zambia-at-a-crossroads-preserving-democracy-beyond-the-ballot/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/zambia-at-a-crossroads-preserving-democracy-beyond-the-ballot/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:10:34 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574307 Zambia’s peaceful polling day has given way to a far more precarious test: a nationwide suspension of vote counting, competing victory claims and allegations of electoral interference. The emerging crisis exposes the danger of an information vacuum—and whether Zambia’s institutions can prevent electoral uncertainty from becoming political confrontation.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/zambia-at-a-crossroads-preserving-democracy-beyond-the-ballot/feed/ 0 574307 Education is neither a commercial venture nor a credit facility but a basic need and a public good https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/education-a-basic-need-and-a-public-good/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/education-a-basic-need-and-a-public-good/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:55:19 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574303 Restoring Utu to Higher Education: A Sovereign Endowment Blueprint to Abolish Kenya’s Student Debt Trap.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/education-a-basic-need-and-a-public-good/feed/ 0 574303 The third global wave of autocratization One playbook, two instruments: Legal façades and structural decay in the world, with Indonesia and Kenya as case studies https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-third-global-wave-of-autocratization/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-third-global-wave-of-autocratization/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:09:20 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574298 The modern autocrat doesn't need a military coup; they just rewrite the law. From Kenya to Indonesia, leaders are legally dismantling democracies by centralizing wealth, weaponizing security, and absorbing political opposition.

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