No Time to Lose: Why Military Strategy Holds the Key to Africa's AI Cyber Defence

Military strategists have long understood a simple truth: victory belongs to the side that can observe, orient, decide, and act faster than its adversary. Developed by US Air Force Colonel John Boyd, the Observe Orient, Decide, Act or OODA Loop transformed military thinking by demonstrating that speed of decision-making, rather than sheer force, determines success in fast-moving conflicts.