I-Interpol namuhla ishicilele umbhalo webhulogi othi i-AI isibandakanyeka ku-55% yamacala obugebengu be-inthanethi e-Afrika, okwenza ukuhlasela kusheshe futhi kube kukhulu, kanti nezisulu ziya ngokuya ziba nobunzima bokuzivikela nokulandela umkhondo wabenzi bobugebengu.
I-Afrika isheshisa uguquko lwayo lwedijithali, kanti ngo-2025 inani labasebenzisi bamanethiwekhi eselula e-Afrika selidlule ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.1. Nokho, imithetho yamazwe akulesi sifunda ephathelene nobugebengu be-inthanethi iseyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, okwenza izinhlaka zomthetho zingakwazi ukubhekana ngempumelelo nobugebengu obusebenzisa i-AI.
Ucwaningo olwenziwe emazweni angamalungu angu-36 ase-Afrika lubonisa ukuthi ubugebengu be-inthanethi buguquke ezenzakalweni ebezivele zenzeka ngezikhathi ezithile baba uhlelo oluhlelwe njengezimboni noluwela imingcele yamazwe. I-Afrika eseMpumalanga isibe yisikhungo sokukhwabanisa ngezinkokhelo zeselula nokuhlasela ngokubamba inkunzi kwedijithali; e-Afrika eseMaphakathi naseNtshonalanga kuvame ukuvela ukukhwabanisa ngama-imeyili ebhizinisi kanye nokukhwabanisa “kokubulala ingulube”; kanti iNingizimu Afrika, ngenxa yezinga layo eliphezulu lokusebenzisa i-inthanethi, isiphenduke indawo abenzi bezinsongo emhlabeni wonke abagxile kuyo.
Kusukela ngo-2024, ukulahlekelwa kwezomnotho okubangelwe ubugebengu be-inthanethi e-Afrika kukhuphuke kusuka ezigidini ezingu-192 zamadola aseMelika (Qaphela: ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje cishe lilingana nezigidigidi ezingu-1.298 zamayuan aseShayina) kuya ezigidini ezingu-484 zamadola aseMelika (ngokwezinga lamanje cishe lilingana nezigidigidi ezingu-3.272 zamayuan aseShayina). I-Interpol ikholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuqhutshwa ikakhulukazi ngamathuluzi e-AI namathuluzi okuzenzakalela.
Ngonyaka ka-2025, ukukhwabanisa nge-inthanethi kusewuhlobo lobugebengu olubikwe kakhulu e-Afrika. Abahlaseli basebenzisa izinkundla zokukhokha ngeselula, ubuchwepheshe be-AI kanye nezinkundla zokuxhumana ukuze bandise ukufinyelela kwabo futhi bathole abantu abaningi abangaba yizisulu.
Okushaqisayo ukuthi, emazweni ase-Afrika ahlolwe, u-72% wawo unezikhungo zokukhwabanisa ngaphakathi kwemingcele yawo, ikakhulukazi eNingizimu Afrika nase-Afrika eseNtshonalanga.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindlela zokukhwabanisa zezigebengu nazo ziyathuthuka. Basebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza nge-AI ukwenza amavidiyo mbumbulu ngezithombe zabantu bangempela abazintshontshile, bavule ama-akhawunti asebhange namakhadi e-SIM ngamagama angelona iqiniso, futhi bafake izicelo zemalimboleko.
Nokho, amazwe ase-Afrika ayasebenzisana ukulwa nobugebengu be-inthanethi. Ngo-2025, amazwe angu-17 asungula noma abuyekeza imithetho yawo ephathelene nobugebengu be-inthanethi, kanti iSenegal yethula inkundla yokubika ku-inthanethi ukuze ilwe nokwephulwa komthetho kwedijithali okubandakanya izingane. I-Interpol isibophe abasolwa abangaphezu kuka-1500 emisebenzini emine, yathatha amakhulu emishini kagesi, futhi yabuyisa impahla ebiza ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-100 zamadola aseMelika (ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje cishe elilingana nezigidi ezingu-676 zamayuan aseShayina).