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“It has to touch the lives of people”: the Gates Foundation’s challenge to Africa’s AI builders

TechCabal·Shared 30 Oct 2026

Africa’s AI builders must measure success by sector growth and incomes, not just products launched, the Gates Foundation told TechCabal’s Moonshot in Lagos.

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