Nairobi, March 7 -- African economies risk being left behind in the artificial intelligence (AI) shift that is changing the way companies do business, with the continent's low capacity for virtual storage and increasingly outdated mobile technology a cause for concern.

Businesses that incorporate AI into their processes require high speed connectivity and sizable data storage capacity, a fact that is now pushing tech firms to invest billions of dollars in virtual data storage facilities.

In Africa, according to the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), investments are still going towards closing a connectivity gap-bringing more people into the network especially in rural areas.

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