Securing the Digital Future: Customary Law Perspectives on AI, Cyber Defence, and Trust

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ICAIC Conference Proceedings
Published
20 Jun 2026
Authors
Innocent Onohomhen Ebbih

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The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical infrastructures has altered the landscape of cybersecurity, governance, and digital trust and thus creating a fundamental normative deficit. It is obvious the dominant regulatory frameworks, based on Western liberal legal traditions, have failed to generate the depth of communal trust, legitimacy, and internalisation which effective digital governance requires, especially among African states characterised by legal pluralism, customary governance structures, and historically marginalised indigenous communities. These state-centred and technocratic frameworks often overlook the normative relevance of indigenous legal…

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