Digital Imperialism, Capital Accumulation, and Technological Dependence

An Interview with Lloyd G. Adu Amoah

Authors

  • Jonas Valente Federal University of Ceará (UFC)
  • Fabrício Zanghelini Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-867X
  • Farooq Sulehria Södertörn University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v28i2.26097

Abstract

In this interview, Lloyd G. Adu Amoah examines digital imperialism as a contemporary expression of imperialism and its relationship to media imperialism, platform imperialism, and digital colonialism. He discusses how transnational technology corporations and states reinforce global inequalities through capital accumulation, value transfers, and technological dependence. Drawing on the African experience, he also considers the implications of digitalisation for the Global South and China’s growing role in digital markets.

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Author Biographies

Jonas Valente, Federal University of Ceará (UFC)

Professor at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and the IESB University Center. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, where he was responsible for co-leading the Cloudwork Project at the Fairwork Foundation. He earned his PhD in Sociology from the University of Brasília (UnB) in 2019. His doctoral dissertation examined digital platforms and received an honorable mention in the UnB Dissertation Award. He is the author of From Online Platforms to Digital Monopolies (Dialética, 2021). He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Eptic.

Fabrício Zanghelini, Federal University of Sergipe (UFS)

PhD in Economics from Fluminense Federal University (UFF). Collaborating professor and postdoctoral researcher in the Professional Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal University of Sergipe (PROPEC/UFS), as part of the “Economic Governance of Digital Networks” project, with support from grant #2026/04912-4, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

Farooq Sulehria, Södertörn University

Research affiliate at Södertörn University in Stockholm. He also teaches at Beaconhouse National University in Lahore. He is the author of Media Imperialism in India and Pakistan (Routledge). He has edited and co-edited the following books: 75 Years After Partition: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Routledge); Media Subimperialisms and the Rise of the Global South (Palgrave Macmillan); and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy and Strategic Relations in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan).

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Published

2026-10-19

How to Cite

Valente, J., Zanghelini, F., & Sulehria, F. (2026). Digital Imperialism, Capital Accumulation, and Technological Dependence: An Interview with Lloyd G. Adu Amoah. EPTIC - International Electronic Journal of the Political Economy of Information, Communication, and Culture, 28(2), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v28i2.26097

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 2 (2026): Imperialismo, informação, comunicação e cultura na era da digitalização

Section

DOSSIÊ TEMÁTICO

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