Africa Can Grow Faster With AI—If It Moves Now By Martin Schindler, Nikola Spatafora and Andrew Tiffin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Africa Can Grow Faster With AI—If It Moves Now By Martin Schindler, Nikola Spatafora and Andrew Tiffin https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/07/africa-can-grow-faster-with-ai-if-it-moves-now/ WASHINGTON DC, Jul 22 2026 (IPS) - A farmer in Kenya gets weather and planting advice on a basic phone. A teacher in Nigeria uses a chatbot to help students catch up in math. South Africa’s revenue authority uses data analytics to better target tax audits. These are not futuristic examples from Silicon Valley. They are early signs of the broader transformation that artificial intelligence (AI) could bring to sub-Saharan Africa. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -