What’s on the agenda: Why Africa? Why Now?
We’ll analyze Africa’s renewed interest in the world: its strategic resources, trade routes, and influence in a multipolar world. Why is South Africa at the center of this?
1. Tactics of Foreign Influence in Africa We explore how state-sponsored entities use AI, social media automation, and narrative and sentiment manipulation to reshape public discourse and sway opinion.
2. The Information Vacuum When media expenditure is low, social media rules the roost, and the digital outpaces traditional media literacy, what Africa’s information ecosystem is vulnerable to?
3. Africa Case Studies Examine the information warfare in Africa through the lens of South Africa, analyzing the narratives of migration, anti-colonial sentiment and protest movements. Debunking “white-farmer genocide” myth in US-South Africa relations.
Speakers
Elias Phaahla
Joana de Deus Pereira
Gustavo de Carvalho
