Small AI, big bets: How the world's most impactful AI startups will be built in emerging markets Sangbu KimJonathan Nagao July 06, 2026 This page in: English Français Español العربية

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/small-ai--big-bets--how-the-world-s-most-impactful-ai-startups-w Walk into a hospital in Nigeria, where one doctor serves every 9,000 patients--fifteen times the WHO-recommended ratio. Every minute that a doctor spends on administrative work is a minute taken from a patient who may have waited hours to be seen.