Aid dependence varies widely across countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In some low-income and fragile states, it reaches double digits, and in extreme cases far higher. Others rely much less. But for the most exposed, the impact of cuts could be significant.
Aidan Gomez says digital sovereignty is "something that was taken for granted":
"The world has basically consolidated to buying all of its technology from a very small pool of these tech players, and that is not a resilient system. The first thing you learn as a computer scientist or an engineer is don't build a single point of failure."