Zainab Taonga Chirwa
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Zainab Taonga Chirwa
@zainabchirwa.bsky.social
Writer & Civic Strategist working at the intersection of (tech) governance, power, and African futures.
Currently writing on Cloudialism.
🇿🇲 🇿🇦 | StrangersX |https://zainabtaongachirwa.substack.com/
7/ If you're interested in governance and institutional transformation or the human questions behind them....welcome.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
6/ Beyond technology, I also write about identity, community, belonging, faith, civic imagination , and the everyday negotiations of being in a world shaped by overlapping sovereignties.
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
5/ I recently shared my theory for understanding the political condition created when cloud infrastructure becomes an actor in development and governance. I call this cloudialism.
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
4/ I run StrangersX, a civic thought and media hub exploring African governance and digital futures. I do this through essays, conversations and long-form writing. The goal is to build frameworks and practical pathways for thinking about power in this technological moment.
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
3/ Right now, I'm focused on AI governance as it relates to power and sovereignty. Particularly how cloud infrastructure and AI threatens African countries' sovereignty and reshaping governance, extraction and development pathways in Africa.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
2/My work looks at how institutions, identities, technologies and global systems shape the lives, choices and imaginaries of people on the continent. I write about sovereignty, civic agency and the infrastructures that quietly govern us.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM