Distributional simulations for Ghana suggest that broadly shared Artificial Intelligence (AI) gains can lift three times as many people out of poverty as when they are concentrated among households already positioned to use AI, a World Bank report has disclosed.
Therefore, it said expanding access to affordable and reliable 5G, or the highest-quality mobile broadband technology feasible, requires a strategy that combines spatial concentration with broader economic integration.
Given the high fixed costs of digital infrastructure, investments in connectivity, electricity, digital skills, and computing capacity should be prioritised in productive urban centers and secondary cities, where agglomeration effects can accelerate AI adoption and productivity gains, the October 2026 Africa Economic Update stated ahead of the Annual World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings which is taking place this time around in Bangkok, Thailand.  
At the same time, the Bretton Woods institution...
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