Kenya’s ambition to join the global artificial intelligence (AI) race risks being derailed by a shortage of skilled talent and limited incentives to attract young people to the tech sub-sector.
A new Technology and Innovation Report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlights these concerns, citing Kenya and Uganda among the developing countries where data annotators earn some of the lowest wages globally—often as little as $2 (about Sh260) per hour.
