Global South AI Talks Highlight Capacity Building and Digital Sovereignty

Mohamed Tharwat is taking part in the Global South Modernization Forum 2026, where discussions focus on artificial intelligence governance, narrowing the digital divide and advancing development.

The forum’s AI agenda highlights calls to build capacity across the Global South while protecting digital sovereignty, placing both priorities at the heart of the technology debate.

The discussions connect the governance of artificial intelligence with the challenge of reducing gaps in digital access and capabilities. They frame AI as a development issue as well as a technological one.

Tharwat’s participation comes as the forum examines how countries in the Global South can strengthen their ability to benefit from AI while safeguarding control over their digital futures.