DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 2 -- THINK about the last time you used your mobile phone. Was it to make a traditional voice call? Or was it to balance your business accounts, attend a Zoom meeting, edit a video for TikTok, or pay your electricity bill via mobile money?

“What we still casually call a mobile phone has quietly transformed into something far more powerful. In reality, todays smartphone is a Personal Digital Computer (PDC), a compact, always-connected computing device that performs tasks once reserved for desktop and laptop computers” says Mr Robert Mnganya, an ICT expert based in Dar es Salaam with passion in AI Automation to help businesses.

This shift is not happening in laboratories or distant technology hubs. It is un...