The State of Artificial Intelligence in Africa

AI could add US$1 trillion to African GDP by 2035 — and in the optimistic scenarios, 40 million new jobs. But the continent starts from a low base: only 36% of sub-Saharan Africa has broadband, just 1% of global data-centre capacity sits on African soil, and most of that in one country. A dispatch on the startups, governments, and data gaps that will decide whether AI accelerates African development or deepens its inequalities.

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