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United Nations calls for urgent Pan‑African investment, skills and governance for AI

2894413 · April 8, 2025
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A United Nations representative urged African governments, businesses and international partners to invest in AI skills, governance and financing to ensure the continent benefits from AI and avoids deepening inequality.

A United Nations official addressed delegates at a World Economic Forum event in Rwanda, urging urgent investment in skills, governance and financing so African countries can lead in artificial intelligence rather than be passive consumers. The speaker said Africa faces “two seismic shifts,” a demographic boom and the rise of AI, projecting that by 2050 the continent’s population will reach 2,500,000,000 with…

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