AI Gains Risk Bypassing Poor

NigeriaIts GitHub developer base grew tenfold since 2020, the World Bank says.

Only 12% of poorest-fifth households in 19 African countries have both phone and grid power.

Basic data costs twice the UN’s 2%-of-income target, and a handset costs the poorest fifth three-quarters of a month’s income.

The Bank says the risk is not mass job loss but gains accruing to formal firms and richer urban households.

Without investment in connectivity, power and skills, the Bank says, AI will amplify the advantages of the connected.

Sources: Premium Times Nigeria