This chapter examines Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa’s evolving digital, artificial intelligence (AI) landscape and emerging technology inequalities. It highlights how disparities in access, usage, and skills exacerbate existing social, economic, and gender divides, particularly affecting vulnerable groups such as women, children, rural residents, and older people. The study shows that although technological developments have allowed innovation in sectors including education, health, and finance, infrastructure problems, cost concerns, and sociocultural barriers still cause unequal distribution of advantages. Efforts to bridge these gaps face challenges, including inadequate policies, limited digital literacy, and reliance on foreign technologies that compromise data sovereignty. The chapter emphasizes how urgently inclusive policies concerning regional settings encourage fair access. Results imply that reaching digital equality calls for addressing fundamental social injustices and supporting group projects among stakeholders. By prioritizing infrastructure development, reasonably priced access, and culturally relevant content, nations can use technology’s promise to propel sustainable development.

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Exploring Digital, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Inequality in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Damilola Adegoke,
  • Olawale Ismail,
  • Theophilos Joshua,
  • Oludele Solaja

摘要

This chapter examines Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa’s evolving digital, artificial intelligence (AI) landscape and emerging technology inequalities. It highlights how disparities in access, usage, and skills exacerbate existing social, economic, and gender divides, particularly affecting vulnerable groups such as women, children, rural residents, and older people. The study shows that although technological developments have allowed innovation in sectors including education, health, and finance, infrastructure problems, cost concerns, and sociocultural barriers still cause unequal distribution of advantages. Efforts to bridge these gaps face challenges, including inadequate policies, limited digital literacy, and reliance on foreign technologies that compromise data sovereignty. The chapter emphasizes how urgently inclusive policies concerning regional settings encourage fair access. Results imply that reaching digital equality calls for addressing fundamental social injustices and supporting group projects among stakeholders. By prioritizing infrastructure development, reasonably priced access, and culturally relevant content, nations can use technology’s promise to propel sustainable development.