Geoffrey Ndege

When we mention Africa, the temptation is to begin with the statistics. We want the numbers on poverty rates, unemployment, corruption index, debt levels, democratic rankings, economic growth, et cetera. But are these statistics the real deal? Often, they conceal the deeper reality: the lost moral and institutional capacity of the continent to govern its resources wisely. Off script for a moment. This article will take on a rather generalist approach.

Neuromorphic computing sits at the edge of transforming both computing, at the architecture level and artificial intelligence at the application level. In the current dispensation, one civilisation error stands out: we are confusing scale with sophistication. The prevailing narrative of the artificial intelligence boom, trending massively, is one of triumphalist expansion.

Pressure is synonymous with physics and mathematics, yet in our lives, it plays out openly and sometimes subtly. At some point in every man’s life, assuredly, there comes a season when everything seems to demand something from him at once. All at once. At one end, career knocks on the doors with expectations of excellence. Business and community come calling for vision and leadership. Academia insists on discipline. Relationships and family beg for presence and strength. What of life?