Title is weird since the article only describes how China is doing nothing substantial to ensure Africa's digital sovereignty beyond building out the telecom infrastructure.<p>Aside from the risks of foreign- built and operated telecom infrastructure, African leaders must also contend with the Chinese stealing their IPv4 address space:<p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/south-africa-chinese-mauritius-uganda-china-b1930385.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/south-africa-chinese-maur...</a>