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Generative AI | August 4, 2025 - 1 min read

Behind the buzz: What AI really looks like in emerging markets

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to shape global conversations, often centered on disruption and risk, startups in emerging markets...

By Amolo Ng'weno
Climate Action, Generative AI | August 15, 2024 - 2 mins read

Bridging the digital divide: How Vua is bringing GenAI and SMS to small-scale fishers

Startups are increasingly using Generative AI (GenAI) to streamline their operations and reach more customers. This is becoming more...

By Carmen Merab
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI | February 5, 2024 - 4 mins read

When the best available human is an AI?

Developing country economies are characterized by shortages of skills that seem to be good for AI to fill: from...

By Amolo Ng'weno
Artificial Intelligence, Climate Action, Generative AI | January 31, 2024 - 5 mins read

Could generative AI have helped in the recent floods in the Horn of Africa?

I was due to travel to our HQ in Kenya mid last year, so I have attentively followed the...

By Juan Diego Martin Soto
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI | January 24, 2024 - 6 mins read

Four ways I would love to see Generative AI mature in 2024

Arguably, 2023 was a year that showcased two of the most creative phenomena in recent times: Taylor Swift and...

By Ashirul Amin PhD
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI | October 31, 2023 - 3 mins read

Generative AI’s expanding role for Kenyan small businesses beyond ChatGPT

On a recent visit to Kenya, my colleague Anne and I explored Nairobi’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, meeting artisans in Mathare,...

By Juan Diego Martin Soto