On The Discourse this morning, we set our gaze across Africa's borders to talk about something shaping the continent's s future: who controls our internet. From Lusaka to Nairobi, from Windhoek to Accra, satellite internet is landing faster than regulation can keep up. While multinationals such as Starlink promise to close the connectivity gap in rural Zambia and across the continent, it also raises hard Pan-African questions: Who owns the infrastructure in our skies? Can we achieve digital sovereignty when the satellites, the data, and the platforms are foreign? And how do we make sure this new wave of connectivity serves African development goals, not just global business models? To begin the work of answering these vital questions, Built Africa has joined hands with other non-government organisations to convene a virtual gathering where policymakers and experts from Angola to Kenya will discuss everything from Starlink, Digital Sovereignty, to Digital Infrastructure Control in Africa. For a look at what this means for the ordinary African, Peter Ndoro spoke to Sheila Valema-Mumbi, she is a Zambian Digital Transformation and AI Governance Expert and Co-Founder and Managing Director of North Node Consulting Limited

<p>On The Discourse this morning, we set our gaze across Africa's borders to talk about something shaping the continent's s future: who controls our internet. From Lusaka to Nairobi, from Windhoek to Accra, satellite internet is landing faster than regulation can keep up. While multinationals such as Starlink promise to close the connectivity gap in rural Zambia and across the continent, it also raises hard Pan-African questions: Who owns the infrastructure in our skies? Can we achieve digital sovereignty when the satellites, the data, and the platforms are foreign? And how do we make sure this new wave of connectivity serves African development goals, not just global business models? To begin the work of answering these vital questions, Built Africa has joined hands with other non-government organisations to convene a virtual gathering where policymakers and experts from Angola to Kenya will discuss everything from Starlink, Digital Sovereignty, to Digital Infrastructure Control in Africa. For a look at what this means for the ordinary African, Peter Ndoro spoke to Sheila Valema-Mumbi, she is a Zambian Digital Transformation and AI Governance Expert and Co-Founder and Managing Director of North Node Consulting Limited</p>