S2 Ep. 2 AI Policies and Geopolitics — Where Regulation and Innovation Go Hand in Hand

In this episode, we explore how AI policy and geopolitics are reshaping innovation across the Global South.What does AI governance look like beyond Silicon Valley and Brussels? Can regulation and innovation reinforce public interest rather than deepen inequality? And how can regions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia build partnerships grounded in their own priorities, infrastructures, and realities?We also reflect on why listening, multistakeholder collaboration, and long-term thinking are essential to more inclusive digital futures.At the Inclusive AI Lab, we believe this is about more than regulation — it’s about shifting the rules of the game, and the spaces where governance itself is designed and enforced, including through new AI-enabled systems.In this episode, we spoke with:Sonia Jorge, Founder and Executive Director, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP).  Chux Daniels, Research Fellow in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex Business School, Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Director of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) Africa Hub.