The book
An operating manual, not a declaration
Every diagnosis is paired with an implementable instrument, and every instrument with governance safeguards and measurable targets.
Sovereign AI in Base of the Pyramid Markets
A Triple-Lock Pillar for United Nations Action on AI Governance, Digital Equity, and Sustainable Development
Dr Syed Muntasir Mamun, Riaz Faride, Eric Hansel, Prof. Markus Krebsz · 2026
A comprehensive, closed-loop blueprint that moves low-income nations from passive data suppliers to active architects of the Neural Age.
Canonical citation
Mamun, S. M., Faride, R., Hansel, E. Krebsz, M. (2026) Sovereign AI in Base of the Pyramid Markets: A Triple-Lock Pillar for United Nations Action on AI Governance, Digital Equity, and Sustainable Development.
What is inside
From diagnosis to instrument
- Problem space (Chs 1 and 3): compute deserts, capital deficits and institutional voids, diagnosed with the Sovereign AI Capability Index and EW-AiRM™.
- Regulatory scaffolding (Chs 2 and 5): Tiered Mutual Recognition Agreements anchored in the UNECE Common Regulatory Arrangement.
- Operational bypasses (Ch 4): Complementary Asset Portfolios, DePIN networks and the Sovereign Compute Token.
- Legitimacy and local contexts (Ch 6): the Digital Bandung movement, the Dhaka Declaration and semantic sovereignty.
- Stress-testing and synthesis (Chs 7 and 8): failure-mode simulation and a roadmap for General Assembly integration.
