Artificial intelligence is projected
to generate $2.9 trillion for Africa by 2030, along with half a million new
jobs each year and a path out of poverty for more than 11 million people,
according to Yves Iradukunda, permanent secretary at Rwanda’s Ministry of ICT
and Innovation.
That bold vision set the tone at Africa’s first global
AI summit, held April 3–4 in Kigali, where researchers, scientists, and
policymakers from over 90 countries gathered to shape the…
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