Topic

AI in the Global South

Use of AI tools by workers, small businesses and institutions across Africa, Asia and Latin America, where mobile-first access and price sensitivity shape which tools get used.

Current clusters

product1 publisher

A Lagos makeup studio runs on ChatGPT's free tier

Nureeyah Ogunmuyiwa told Rest of World that ChatGPT wrote her first job description and now does her restock pricing. She has never paid for it, and she puts AI at roughly 5% of her business growth.

Publishers:restofworld.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption35
Hype gap+20
Incentives25
Confidence60