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01 Oct

Articles and Insights By Steve Biko

Why We Keep Writing About the AI–Human Intersection in Complex Contexts

One may ask why we are writing so much about the AI–human intersection in complex contexts. The simple answer is: we are learning too. We are learning what will actually be useful in real environments, especially when it comes to...

12 Jul

Articles and Insights By Steve Biko

As $97 Billion Flows Into Africa, “Context Tax” Quietly Undermines Investment Outcomes

Capital is rotating, and Africa is the destination. While FDI flows to developing economies overall declined 2 percent in 2025, Africa bucked the trend with record inflows. Egypt alone attracted US$46.58 billion in 2024. East Africa is growing at 6.9...

12 Jul

Articles and Insights By Steve Biko

Why Machines, Organisations, and People All Pay the Same Hidden Cost, and How the MAPS Framework Helps Us See It

There is a phrase moving quietly through engineering teams right now that names something they have been struggling to put their finger on. They call it the context tax. It is not a term from organisational theory or executive coaching....

12 Jul

Articles and Insights By Steve Biko

The Empathy Boundary Problem: What No One Tells Leaders Entering New Cultural Contexts

Every leader crossing a cultural boundary faces the same invisible trap. Get too close and you lose your footing. Stay too distant and you lose your people Kevin Hooks A connection of mine recently raised something that stopped me mid-thought....

12 Jul

Articles and Insights By Steve Biko

Why AI Misses What Sits in the Middle of Long Documents, Why Humans Do the Same, and Why Reading the Middle Is Becoming a Core Capability

In 2023, a group of researchers at Stanford, Berkeley, and Samaya AI published a paper with a title that has since become a meme in machine learning circles. It was called Lost in the Middle: How Language Models Use Long...

12 Jul

Articles and Insights By Steve Biko

The MAPS Framework as your market research lens.

The MAPS Framework as your market research lens for Africa entry a facilitated walk-through of how Mindset, Authority, Power, and Systems sharpen your research, build real perceived value, and guide adaptation decisions that actually hold in Africa’s diverse markets. MINDSET:...

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Why We Keep Writing About the AI–Human Intersection in Complex Contexts

As $97 Billion Flows Into Africa, “Context Tax” Quietly Undermines Investment Outcomes

Why Machines, Organisations, and People All Pay the Same Hidden Cost, and How the MAPS Framework Helps Us See It

The Empathy Boundary Problem: What No One Tells Leaders Entering New Cultural Contexts

Why AI Misses What Sits in the Middle of Long Documents, Why Humans Do the Same, and Why Reading the Middle Is Becoming a Core Capability

The MAPS Framework as your market research lens.

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