{"id":68988,"date":"2025-04-26T18:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/africa-must-build-own-its-technology-to-secure-future-margins-id-group-ceo"},"modified":"2025-04-26T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:15:10","slug":"africa-must-build-own-its-technology-to-secure-future-margins-id-group-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/africa-must-build-own-its-technology-to-secure-future-margins-id-group-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Africa must Build; own its Technology to Secure Future \u2013 Margins ID GROUP CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>The deepening trade tensions across the globe, symbolized by escalating tariff wars and rising protectionism, should serve as a stark wake-up call for Africa.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As countries turn inward and nationalism resurfaces with renewed force, the illusion of a borderless global economy is fast unraveling.<\/p>\n<p>In this fractured global order, Africa must recognize the urgent need to secure its technological sovereignty\u2014not tomorrow, but now.<\/p>\n<p>At the launch of the 2025 CEO Summit in Accra, Moses Kwesi Baiden Jnr., CEO and Founder of Margins ID Group, sounded a clarion call to business leaders, policymakers, and entrepreneurs: Africa must build and own its technology.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the summit\u2019s theme, \u201cLeading Ghana\u2019s Economic Reset: Transforming Business and Governance for a Sustainable Futuristic Economy,\u201d Baiden urged the private sector to take the reins of innovation and lead Africa\u2019s journey into the digital age on its own terms.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baiden\u2019s message said Africa must not remained on the periphery of global transformation. It must build its own digital destiny\u2014an Africa where data is sovereign, systems are secure, and innovation is homegrown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time for building is now. Because in the world that\u2019s coming, you either build\u2014or you are built.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The risks of technological dependence<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Baiden, recent disruptions in access to cloud-based tools, intellectual platforms, and digital storage systems have laid bare a glaring vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the digital platforms African firms depend on are controlled by foreign entities with their own geopolitical and commercial interests.<\/p>\n<p>As global tensions escalate, so too does the risk of sudden and arbitrary disconnections\u2014from tools essential for daily operations to entire troves of intellectual capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine a future where your corporate memory, your data, your identity can disappear overnight\u2014not due to your failure, but because of decisions made halfway across the world,\u201d Baiden warned. This scenario, once far-fetched, now feels dangerously plausible.<\/p>\n<p>This growing dependence on foreign technology\u2014whether in cloud services, social platforms, or financial technologies\u2014presents an existential threat to the continent\u2019s future. Mr Baiden cautioned that without decisive action, Africa could become a digital colony, dependent on systems it does not control, bound by rules it did not write, and vulnerable to disruptions it cannot predict or prevent.<\/p>\n<p>Participate or perish<\/p>\n<p>We are in the throes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a seismic shift driven by artificial intelligence, automation, data analytics, and digital connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>While many nations are racing to harness these changes for competitive advantage, Africa risks being left behind\u2014or worse, being defined by others within this new global order.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baiden emphasized that Africa must engage deliberately and boldly with these forces. \u201cThe future belongs to those who create it,\u201d he declared. \u201cLet us not wait to be invited to the table. Let us set the table. Let us shape the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>This means designing systems that are transparent, ethical, accountable, and anchored in the values of governance, productivity, and inclusion, he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Margins ID Group CEO pointed out that it required the private sector to lead\u2014not just with capital, but with courage and vision. And it demands that African institutions foster the kind of homegrown innovation capable of scaling and competing globally.<\/p>\n<p>Reimagining the role of business and governance<\/p>\n<p>The challenge before Africa is not just technological\u2014it is also institutional.<\/p>\n<p>To build and own its technology, the continent must recalibrate how it governs, how it educates, and how it partners across the public and private divide.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baiden called on CEOs and business leaders to become a force for good, not just by pressuring governments, but by pushing themselves to reimagine production systems, reform governance frameworks, and champion long-term, values-driven transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future demands governance, compliance, transparency, and effectiveness. These values must be embedded in the DNA of both public and private institutions if Africa is to rise in the digital era,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Strategic Imperative for Sovereignty<\/p>\n<p>Sovereignty in the 21st century will not be defined merely by borders or resources, but by code, data, algorithms, and systems.<\/p>\n<p>Digital sovereignty is not just about independence\u2014it is about self-determination. It is about ensuring that African voices are not only present but central in shaping the systems that define global productivity and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baiden urged African governments to take seriously the design of national platforms and infrastructures that protect citizen data, encourage innovation, and allow local entrepreneurs to flourish. But he was unequivocal that the private sector cannot afford to be passive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis network of CEOs must lead with intention. We cannot be spectators in a future designed by others. If we do not act now, we risk becoming casualties of it,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>Africa\u2019s future must be built, not imported<\/p>\n<p>As nations retreat behind trade walls and realign their priorities, Africa must resist the temptation to wait for handouts or policy shifts from global power centers.<\/p>\n<p>The continent\u2019s future will be determined by the institutions it builds, the talent it nurtures, and the technologies it owns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eswatini<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. The deepening trade tensions across the globe, symbolized by escalating tariff wars and rising protectionism, should serve as a stark wake-up call for Africa. As countries turn inward and nationalism resurfaces with renewed force, the illusion of a borderless global economy is fast unraveling. 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