UNECA Warns Africa Risks Remaining Uncompetitive, Urges AI Adoption

UNECA Warns Africa Risks Remaining Uncompetitive, Urges AI Adoption

ECA Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme Support, Mama Keita.By Busani BafanaTANGIER, Morocco, Apr 1 2026 (IPS) Africa must move swiftly to harness data and frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive its economic growth and make the continent globally competitive in the digital economy, a senior official at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has told policymakers. Opening the Committee of Experts…