<div><div><div style="font-size:inherit">Hi Logan,</div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><br style="font-size:inherit">I agree. The growing fragmentation of access to critical AI infrastructure makes a strong case for Africa investing in digital sovereignty.</div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><br style="font-size:inherit">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.</div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><br style="font-size:inherit">I also have experience with data preprocessing and would be happy to collaborate or volunteer if there’s interest.</div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><br style="font-size:inherit">Kind regards,</div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto">Adeoye</div><br></div></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 at 19:40, Loganaden Velvindron <<a href="mailto:loganaden@gmail.com" target="_blank">loganaden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Hi folks,<br>
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It is unfortunate to see what is happening around the world:<br>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-looking-curbing-overseas-access-chinas-top-ai-models-sources-say-2026-07-07/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-looking-curbing-overseas-access-chinas-top-ai-models-sources-say-2026-07-07/</a><br>
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As I've made the point before, it's time for African countries to<br>
build our own DNS, web, CDN, and now AI infrastructure. Supporting<br>
local African companies is the right way forward.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
//Logan<br>
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