Forget ChatGPT: Greatest tech coup is phones for rural women
A woman using a cellphone. For rural women and girls in low-income countries who rely on small-scale agriculture, ICT can unlock financial services, training and networks.
While 100 million people worldwide are using the AI chatbot ChatGPT to get ahead on homework and try out for top jobs at Google, more than 370 million women in developing countries lack the services of a simple cellphone.
The world may be witnessing a quantum leap in the digital revolution, but cellphones and mobile internet would give these women enough foothold to access opportunities to improve their incomes, nutrition and health.
