“Seven new institutions, before a single rand of public money has been committed to compute infrastructure, before a single regulatory sandbox has processed its first application, and before the country has answered the most basic question any AI economy must answer: where will the electricity come from?” asks Masie in an open letter to Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi.
“This policy, in its current form, would add compliance cost to an ecosystem that barely exists, while offering nothing concrete to help it grow.”
