We must recognize that without a sovereign framework, Africa risks a descent into “Digital Slavery,” where our narratives, body-politic, and health records are harvested and controlled by external powers. Data Must be handled from a Federated depository stand point, which can be FAIR- repositories. From a legal stand point, The F³JA (FAIR–Federated–Solid–Justice Architecture) model can be adopted as an option for a foundational continental trust infrastructur
Following the successful Sensitive Data Conference on January 27, 2026, the academic focus shifted the very next day to a broader, more urgent theme: “Talking and promoting African consciousness in African academic institutions.”
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