Femi LazarusCEO at Femi Lazarus Consulting

Is Africa Prepared for the world of AI?

14 Mar 2026 · 2 min

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In this excerpt from the Declassified Podcast episode “Is Africa Prepared for the world of AI?”, the hosts discuss pervasive government and corporate surveillance, questioning whether phones, smart TVs, and other devices are listening to or watching users. They compare Apple and Samsung on privacy, describe eye‑tracking sensors in smart TVs, and share personal tactics such as keeping important conversations offline. The conversation shifts to a call for citizen education on digital privacy, emphasizing that governments are the primary spies. Finally, the hosts pose a prompt to list jobs threatened by artificial intelligence, explain why they are at risk, and suggest future career paths that will thrive in an AI‑driven economy.

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A lot of governments around the world.
Are they spying on us? I would say yes, because I mean, if I'm in their position, I'll be spying on us. So I would say yes.
Are they listening to our phone conversations?
Oh, definitely, definitely. There have been lawsuits against Apple and the likes on these things, and it's very clearly proven that they listen to our conversations.
Between Apple and Samsung, which of them is safer in respect to spying?
I would say Samsung because you know they are using Android, so you're already taking measures. But Apple lies to you that there's a level of privacy around it. And so you relax, so you're not going to take measures to protect yourself. So nothing is safe. Nothing is safe.
Your smart TVs, are they watching us? Hm, can they watch us?
They definitely can. I mean, you're using your Netflix for a bit and then it asks you, are you still watching? You know, there are sensors that track your eye movements.
Yes, sensors that track your eye movements.
Oh yes, yes, to know if you're attentive.
Whatever can track your eye movement is seeing you. It's crazy. So in our world right now, it's like people are hiding in plain sight. Yes, yes, that's a very interesting way to put it. A man was asked, who wants to work with the CIA, that what's the way out of that kind of situation? And he said, never text. So whatever you know you'll not be proud of, never do. Your entire life is an open secret. That's dangerous.
Yes, that's why I do all my important conversations offline. So what we can do for the common man is Just educate, because I believe that citizens deserve some level of protection against these things. But it's governments themselves that are doing more of the spying.
The jobs that are now under threat because of artificial intelligence, list them and give reasons why, and then what people should be looking into if they are going to do well in years to come through AI.
So I would say— Declassified Podcast is now streaming on YouTube and Spotify.