🌍 African countries have long considered advanced information technology to be a key tool that can provide a new impetus to the development of their economies, making them more innovative.

Russia is ready to cooperate with African countries in all areas that involve their use.

At the same time, from our point of view, the most significant of these areas will be the following: information security, cloud technologies and artificial intelligence, Konstantin Pantserev writes.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/technological-cooperation-between-russia-and-africa/

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💻 In today’s fast-changing world, the information people consume daily—through social media, news portals, search engines, and e-commerce platforms—increasingly influences every aspect of their lives.

Whether shaping their voting behavior, deciding where to shop, or determining what to search for and how, information is a pivotal force.

Over the past 20-30 years, companies that hold our data have also amassed substantial market power, reshaping the global information order, write Arvind Gupta and Aakash Guglani for the 21st Annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-role-of-information-in-the-era-of-global-shifts/

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