Signal Study Examines AI's Impact on Digital Sovereignty in Nigerian Mobile Shopping Apps

Summary

A new preprint by George Grispos and Sajda Qureshi analyzes how the spread of e-commerce mobile applications in Nigeria creates both opportunities and risks at the same time, including increased fraud risk and reduced user control over digital technologies. The paper investigates how AI embedded in Nigerian mobile shopping apps affects digital sovereignty. Platform transparency serves as the key indicator in the investigation. The study is framed as a case study grounded specifically in the Nigerian e-commerce context rather than a general theoretical treatment. The authors argue that this approach can capture the realities of a specific market in finer detail. The work positions itself as a contribution to a growing body of research on AI governance and digital rights in Global South markets.