Anticipatory Data Governance for Society 5.0 in Africa: Addressing Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities
The Society 5.0 vision is a concept originating from Japan that envisions a human-centric, data-driven society where digital technologies and innovations are leveraged to address societal challenges and improve quality of life.
This policy brief explores the challenges, risks, and opportunities for Africa in achieving the vision of Society 5.0, and how anticipatory data governance can support its realization.
Society 5.0 represents a transition from the current industrial society (Society 4.0) to a future society where advanced technologies are integrated with social systems and infrastructure.
The Society 5.0 vision highlights the interplay between data-driven technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and societal advancement. It emphasizes the importance of ethical data practices, open data, robust data governance, and the promotion of digital public goods as essential pillars for realizing the vision of a human-centric, data-driven society that also respects the planet.
This policy brief explores the challenges, risks, and opportunities for Africa in achieving the vision of Society 5.0, and how anticipatory data governance can support its realization.
The research for this publication, is based on the DepHUB's flagship project on "African AI Futures: Transnational Governance for Society 5.0".
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