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LAGOSTECH at EASST 2026: “Unpacking Alternative Futures”
AGH University of Krakow al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, KrakówBased on ethnography, a scenario-building workshop and anticipatory interviews with tech professionals in Lagos, this paper at EASST 2026 argues that “alternativity” is situated and relational: what counts as an alternative future depends on where imagination is located and which exclusions it seeks to redress.
A new Silicon Valley in Africa? Lagos and its ICT Sector
Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San José State University 150 E San Fernando St, San JoseA new Silicon Valley in Africa? Lagos and its ICT Sector Wednesday, March 11, 2026 6:00-7:30 pm* Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San José State University King Library Incubator Space (Lower Level) Ethnobreakfast and SJSU's Anthropology department will host Visiting Scholar, Davide Casciano. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-Doctoral Award recipient with the project LAGOSTECH, Dr. […]
Reimagining AI as a Human Endeavor: A Call for Papers on the Human Aspects of AI and LLMs in Africa
University of Lagos University Road, Akoka, LagosThis panel critically examines Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) not as autonomous, objective technologies, but as deeply human products shaped by labour, social conditions, and cultural contexts. The perception of AI as autonomous often obscures embedded human choices, values, and biases, deflecting accountability from creators and socio-economic structures. Meanwhile, discourses on "algorithms" can stem from terminological anxiety about the roles these systems occupy in society. The speakers moves beyond the "algorithmic drama" of AI as an obscure, inhuman power, instead illuminating its complex socio-technical underpinnings.