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About Martina J
I’m a tech writer with an academic background in geopolitics and technology, focused on regional tech trade, digital infrastructure, and the strategic choices governments make in a globalized tech economy. My work examines how policy, markets, and foreign partnerships shape technology outcomes across regions, translating complex geopolitical dynamics into clear, accessible analysis for a global audience.
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How China’s BRI Mines Dictate the Future of Nvidia’s Blackwell

China has not built a weapon pointed at Silicon Valley. It has built a supply chain so deeply embedded in the precursor materials of AI hardware that the distinction barely…
Posted by Martina J March 31, 2026
Posted inArtificial Intelligence and Compute

China vs US AI Investment in Africa: The 2026 Scorecard

As two superpowers race to shape Africa's AI future, we break down who is investing what — from Huawei's open-source push and DeepSeek's surprise chatbot foothold, to Microsoft's data centers…
Posted by Martina J March 28, 2026
Posted inThe AI Geopolitical Stack

The Pax Silica Coalition’s Exclusion of Africa

The U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative is building a trusted technology alliance. It spans critical minerals, semiconductor manufacturing, and AI infrastructure. Yet Africa — the continent supplying the cobalt, tantalum, platinum,…
Posted by Martina J March 27, 2026
Posted inThe AI Geopolitical Stack

ASML: Why the Netherlands Is Resisting US Export Controls

How Washington's treatment of ASML as a domestic tool of geopolitical warfare is fracturing one of America's most critical alliances — and may accelerate the very technology decoupling it claims…
Posted by Martina J March 25, 2026
Posted inRegional Tech Trade

Chinese Tech Infrastructure in Africa (2026)

How Beijing built the continent's digital backbone — and what that means for sovereignty, debt, and the next decade of African development. 70% of Africa's 4G networks built by Huawei…
Posted by Martina J March 24, 2026
Conceptual image of global financial players on a chessboard over Africa, symbolizing the new rules of debt diplomacy
Posted inRegional Tech Trade

African Debt: The New Rules and How China Is Rewriting Africa’s Financial Future

By 2025, African debt became something different entirely: a geopolitical laboratory where China quietly rewrote rules that Western institutions spent decades perfecting. The usual Western "referee" system? Facing new competition.…
Posted by Martina J March 22, 2026
Posted inRegional Tech Trade

Ethiopia’s Digital State: China’s Telecom Partnership in Africa

Ethiopia shows how Chinese technology can rapidly modernize a nation — and how digital infrastructure becomes inseparable from political power. A Network That Built a State Few countries in Africa…
Posted by Martina J March 22, 2026
Posted inRegional Tech Trade

AI in Africa: Why Data and Compute Matter More Than Talent

Africa is a continent full of untapped AI potential. The narrative is familiar: young developers, growing startup scenes, and increasing digitization. Talent is abundant. And yet, most advanced AI systems…
Posted by Martina J March 21, 2026
Posted inRegional Tech Trade

Zambia’s Copper Paradox And the Digital Shadow

Zambia produces the copper that powers global AI and fiber networks, but its own digital growth is stalled by an "energy trap." Discover how the 2026 Lobito Corridor and solar-bypass…
Posted by Martina J March 20, 2026
Posted inRegional Tech Trade

Africa’s AI Minerals and a Non-Aligned Tech Policy

Part One: The Case for Non-Alignment Africa's technology future is often framed as a choice between camps. One side emphasizes Western platforms, standards, and financing. The other highlights Chinese infrastructure,…
Posted by Martina J February 26, 2026

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