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Data Centers and the Power Dilemma: Why Africa Should Think Twice

Written by Ismail Mohamed | Posted on 02 May 2026

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Data centers are driving the global digital revolution—but at a steep cost. With massive energy demands, limited job creation, and growing resistance in the United States, this article examines why Africa should be cautious about hosting them and prioritize its own development needs instead.

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14-07-2026

The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT

In the 1960s an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called ELIZA. The conversations people had with it set precedents for the chatbots to come.

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14-07-2026

EnterpriseTECH
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Features
Ismail Eleburuike is building the operating system for African schools with SchoolTry

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Featured

The Linux Foundation Uses DNS to Give AI Agents a Trusted Identity

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Quote of the Day

"Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity."

— Jacques Ellul

French philosopher, sociologist, lay theologian, and professor.