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Digital Colonialism: Is AI the New Frontier of the Battle for African Agriculture?

Podcast: Battle For African Agriculture Podcast
Published: Feb 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 2426
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Summary

In this episode of Battle for African Agriculture, Million Belay speaks with ETC Group researcher Jim Thomas about the powerful shift from GMOs to digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and biodigital technologies. As corporations move from selling inputs to harvesting data, African farmers risk being locked into new systems of dependency disguised as innovation.