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AI & ethics

Explore essays and reflections on ai & ethics, grounded in African realities and open to new questions.

2 August 2026

One road does not fit all

Why interventions must be fit for purpose Development is built on solutions. Roads improve access. Schools improve education. Health centres improve health. Credit improves live…

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AI & ethics

28 July 2026

The wrong solution to the right problem

What counts as evidence in development? I am a mathematician. Numbers make sense to me. Equations make sense to me. Econometrics makes sense to me. Models bring order to complex…

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AI & ethics

28 July 2026

The economy the market cannot see

Rethinking poverty, livelihoods and economic activity. The questionnaire was designed to measure consumption. But the people I interviewed were not consuming in the way the ques…

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