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 Dear colleagues,We are pleased to bring to your attention this latest publication: « Generative AI in Global Scientific Knowledge Production: Challenges and Prospects for Africa« by Jacob Jaygbay, published in the CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 1, March 2026. The rapid integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence into scientific research processes is fundamentally transforming how knowledge is produced, disseminated, and governed at a global scale. For Africa, this transformation carries both significant promise and serious risks. This publication provides a timely and rigorous examination of how African researchers, institutions, and scholarly communities can navigate—and shape—this new landscape.Drawing on the intellectual tradition of CODESRIA and its commitment to advancing independent, African-centered social science research, the publication interrogates the structural inequalities embedded in current AI systems, the implications for epistemic sovereignty on the continent, and the policy frameworks needed to ensure that African voices are not marginalized in the AI-driven future of global science. It also charts the genuine and substantial opportunities that Generative AI offers for strengthening research capacity, broadening access to scientific knowledge, and fostering more equitable international research collaboration.We warmly encourage you to read, share, and engage with this publication and to circulate it among your colleagues, students, and institutional networks.Regards,Read the full issue here |