May 21, 2026

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By Peter Egwuatu

Priceawaterhouse Coopers, PwC, has warned that Africa risks falling behind global Artificial Intelligence (AI) leaders unless organisations move beyond small-scale AI experiments and deploy the technology to drive growth and innovation across industries.

The firm’s latest AI performance findings released in Lagos showed that although 82 per cent of organisations across the continent are running AI pilot programmes, few have achieved enterprise-wide adoption capable of delivering measurable impact.