Technological Leapfrogging in the AI Age
Mark-Alexandre Doumba
During a recent talk at the Harvard Kennedy School, students asked me what it would take to turn African countries from consumers of digital and AI-driven technologies into producers. The answer, I told them, starts with heeding the right lessons from the mobile-money revolution.
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