[afnog] (o/t) More countries restricting access to their AI models

[Adeoye Malumi]

Hi Logan,

I agree. The growing fragmentation of access to critical AI infrastructure
makes a strong case for Africa investing in digital sovereignty.

I think estimating the cost of developing a small indigenous model from
scratch, including data, preprocessing, training, compute, and
infrastructure, would be a good first step.

I also have experience with data preprocessing and would be happy to
collaborate or volunteer if there’s interest.

Kind regards,
Adeoye


On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 at 19:40, Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> It is unfortunate to see what is happening around the world:
>
> https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-looking-curbing-overseas-access-chinas-top-ai-models-sources-say-2026-07-07/
>
> As I've made the point before, it's time for African countries to
> build our own DNS, web, CDN, and now AI infrastructure. Supporting
> local African companies is the right way forward.
>
> Kind regards,
> //Logan
>
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